A jawbone found in a Moroccan mine was thought to be a novel species of marine reptile from the Cretaceous period, but other ...

Scientists in China have uncovered a fossilized jaw fragment of a newly identified, extinct cat species that was so small it ...

Researchers are calling for CT scans to confirm the authenticity of a Cretaceous period fossil that led to the identification ...

Their excavation unearthed additional fossils, including a full, well-preserved adult jaw and fragments of rib and toe bones that once belonged to a mastodon — ancient giants that existed during ...

Museum officials said 150 mastodon fossils have been found across New York, but a third of them have come from Orange County, where the jaw was discovered. "While the jaw is the star of the show ...

The fossil was found by a resident near Scotchtown, New York, who noticed a piece of a mastodon jaw protruding from the topsoil, according to the New York State Museum. The homeowner saw two teeth ...

SCOTCHTOWN, N.Y. — Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his upstate New York home this year.

A complete mastodon jaw was found in the backyard of a home ... if there are any additional bones that were preserved.” The fossils will undergo carbon dating and analysis in order to determine ...

A complete mastodon jaw fossil was found in the backyard of a residence near Scotchtown, New York, the first such find in more than 11 years, the New York State Education Department said in a news ...

The newly discovered fossil is thought to belong to the same ... Getty Images Scientists in China have uncovered a fossilized jaw fragment of a newly identified, extinct cat species that was ...