The American mastodon was a large land mammal that roamed North America throughout the Ice ... In 1840, when a farmer in Missouri, USA, found a number of large fossil bones on his property, Koch was ...

which was the first complete American mastodon skeleton found in the United States, on display in the Paul and Irma Milstein Hall of Advanced Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History.

Mastodons roamed North American woodlands up until about 10,000 years ago. Michigan is so familiar with mastodons, we name places for them. Mastodon Township is located in the UP's Iron County.

"It's the latest chapter in the local mastodon story." SUNY Orange is home to a full mastodon skeleton that was found near the border of Warwick and Chester in 1972. Standing 9 feet tall and 20 ...