A homeowner in New York exposed a full mastodon jaw in his backyard, which the officials are calling “remarkable discovery”.
The jaw of extinct mammal, which was similar to an elephant, and several bone fragments were excavated by a property in the New York State Museum and Sunny Orange from a property in Scotown.
“Fossil – discovered by a curious homeowner – will undergo carbon dating and comprehensive scientific analysis to determine the age, diet and housing of Mastodon,” New York State Museum Said in a statement. “Once preserved and studied, the jaw and related findings will be displayed in public programming in 2025, which will give a glimpse in New York’s rich ice age history.”
The Museum in Albani stated that the homeowner first focused on the jaw, when he “hidden two unusual teeth by plant fronts and, intoxicated, two and inch of two more teeth under the surface dug slightly to highlight the teeth.”
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New York State Museum and Suny Orange Staff Scotchown, NY Dig the mastodon jaw on a property at NY (New York State Museum)
The museum quoted the homeowner as saying, “When I found teeth and examined them in their hands, I knew that they were something special and decided to call the experts.” “I am thrilled that our property has made such an important discovery for the scientific community.”
This discovery is being described by the museum in 11 years in New York, and “prehistoric treasures.”
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A mastodon teeth that was still inherent in the jaw found in Orange County, New York. (New York State Museum)
“The excavation efforts by the New York State Museum and Suny Orange detected a full, well -protected mastodon jaw belonging to an adult person,” said this. “With jaw, researchers also recovered a piece of a toe bone and a piece of a rib, which provides valuable additional clues about the life and environment of Mastodon.”
Museum officials said 150 mastodons fossils have been found in New York, but one third of them came from Orange County, where the jaws were discovered.
A printed depiction of a mastodon from the book animals in the prehistoric world. (Florilegius/Universal image group through Getty Images
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“When the jaw is the star of the show, the excess toe and rib pieces provide valuable reference and additional research,” Kori Harris said in a statement, “said in a statement,” Koris, chairman of the Suny Orange Department of Suny Orange, said in a statement. “We are hoping to detect immediate area for more bones that may be preserved.”
