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Rare Fossil: Mastodon Jaw Discovered in Back Yard by New York Man


A complete mastodon jaw has been discovered in the back yard of a New York home, along with a few other bits and pieces of the prehistoric herbivore, an extinct relative of modern-day elephants.

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