North Dakota coal miners unearth ancient mammoth fossil: 'Exciting find' - News Summed Up

North Dakota coal miners unearth ancient mammoth fossil: 'Exciting find'


articleA group of coal miners made a "mammoth" discovery this year while working in North Dakota . But perhaps the most astonishing find was a seven-foot-long mammoth tusk that had been preserved since the Ice Age. Mammoths roamed what is now known as North Dakota during the Pleistocene Epoch, more commonly known as the Ice Age. For whatever reason, we haven't had a lot of really complete mammoth specimens from North Dakota before, so this was an exciting find," he added. Mammoths roamed what is now known as North Dakota during the Pleistocene Epoch, more commonly known as the Ice Age.


Source: Fox News January 12, 2024 14:12 UTC



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