2009-08-24 - McMinnville, United States.
Archaeologists made history in Oregon on Sunday when they recovered the second tusk of a 44,000-year-old mammoth near McMinnville. Mike Full, an ex-police officer in the area, led a team of archaeologists and volunteers who uncovered the 26-inch portion of what was once a 6-foot tusk along the South Yamhill River. It's the first time both tusks from a single mammoth have been found in Oregon.
2009-08-24 - Casper, United States.
Casper College Geology Instructor Kent Sundell was richly rewarded during his final attempt to recover the remaining tusk and skull from a large Mammuthus Columbi also known as a Columbian Mammoth during a final digging expedition. Not only did he find the skull, but also the complete tusk measuring approximately eight to nine feet in length and 9 inches in diameter. "Dee" the mammoth was originally discovered on March 8, 2006 on the Allemand Ranch. By the end of June 2006 Sundell, Tate prep lab...
2009-08-19 - Oaxaca, Mexico.
Scientists have unearthed the skeleton of a prehistoric Mastodon in Mexico. The relative of today’s elephant roamed the earth many thousands of years ago. If scientists have it right, the remains of this beast haven't seen the light of day in at least 10,000 years. The skeleton of a prehistoric Mastodon has been unearthed in the Mexican state of Oaxaca after being discovered by a local farmer.
2009-08-18 - Oaktown, United States.
Mine workers in southwestern Indiana have unearthed the tusks and skeletal remains of a prehistoric elephant that lived more than 12,000 years ago. The workers were digging a coal slurry storage pit recently at Vectren's Black Panther Mine about 30 miles south of Terre Haute when they noticed the fossil mastodon bones in a backhoe shovel. After realizing the importance of the find, the crew notified the Indiana Division of Reclamation, which regulates mining operations.
2009-08-15 - Felixstowe, United Kingdom.
MORE parts of a massive mammoth which used to live where Felixstowe stands today have been washed up on the resort's shores. The great woolly beast one was one of many which would have scavenged for food on the land between Britain and Europe before the North Sea swept through and separated them. Beachcomber Clive Bamberger was walking at Landguard when he found a fossilised tooth on the sand between the high and low water marks
2009-03-28 - Baroda, United States. DENNIS COGSWELL
As young boys will, brothers Ethan and Evan Hoge and their cousin Sebastian O’Connor spend much of their free time looking for antique bottles and other things around what was once a railroad line along the edge of their family’s property. They probably never imagined that one of their trips would result in finding part of the remains of a prehistoric elephant.
2009-02-22 - Eugene, United States.
A University of Oregon geology professor has donated his collection of fossils to the university's Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Greg Retallack picked up his first fossil as a 6-year-old boy on vacation at a beach in Coledale, Australia. His collection now exceeds 9,000 items, stretching back through the ages, from 13,000-year-old woolly mammoth hairs found in Siberia to 3.5 billion-year-old limestone unearthed in Western Australia.
2009-02-22 - La Brea, United States.
Most rare of all is a well-preserved male Columbian mammoth fossil, about 80% complete, with 10-feet long intact tusks found in an ancient river bed near the other discoveries. This latter fossil is the first complete individual mammoth to have been found in Rancho La Brea. In recognition of the importance of the find, paleontologists at the Page Museum have nicknamed the mammoth “Zed.”
2009-02-18 - Los Angeles, United States. Dan Whitcomb
The nearly complete skeleton of a massive Columbian mammoth who died during the last ice age has been dug out of a construction site near the La Brea Tar Pits in downtown Los Angeles, a remarkable find even in the fossil-rich area, scientists said Wednesday. The mammoth, dubbed "Zed" by researchers at the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, likely died in his late 40s some 40,000 years ago and was found near an unprecedented treasure trove of fossils that workers stumbled upon while digging the...
2009-02-13 - Tucson, United States. Tom Beal
Complete fossil skeletons of two ice age mammals — a woolly mammoth and woolly rhino — are being erected in the atrium of the state office complex Downtown at 400 W. Congress St. You can visit them for free. Heck, you can buy them if you've got the cash. The exhibit is sponsored by the Tucson office of the Arizona Geological Survey and supplied by a natural history museum in Siberia that sells its fossils to raise money. It's not illegal, but it's certainly not condoned, say U.S. museum offi...
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