mastodon
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Researchers in Costa Rica have unearthed fossils from a mastodon and a giant sloth that lived as many as 40,000 years ago, officials announced Friday, calling it the biggest such find here in decades.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
As the credits rolled next to the park’s mastodon sculptures, I couldn’t have agreed with Randy more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
Remains of mastodons are frequently found across the continent, with Indiana legislators voting a couple years ago to designate the mastodon as its official state fossil.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Wayne Thompson, the paleontology collections adviser at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, recognized that the tooth belonged to an ancient mastodon, a creature that became extinct 10,000 years ago, CBS News reports.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
These were not mastodon and mammoth hunters—both species were already extinct.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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