I saw this amazing story from Mid Hudson News that was so timely with the recent release of Jurassic World Rebirth.

Twelve SUNY Orange students and two professors recently completed a unique field experience course in which they unearthed the partial remains of a mastodon estimated to be between 10,000 and 13,000 years old.

For six weeks, under the watchful eyes of Professor Dr. Cory Harris and instructor Anthony Soricelli, the students excavated several one-meter-by-one-meter test units in the hopes of finding additional remains on the heels of a discovery in September 2024 of two mastodon teeth and an intact lower jaw (with teeth) on the property of a private residence near Middletown.

Orange County could be considered the epicenter of mastodon discovery in the state, with approximately one-third of the state’s finds located in the county. During the summer field course, which concluded earlier this month, the SUNY Orange team uncovered multiple vertebrae (including the atlas vertebra), additional jaw fragments, and ribs, all of which are believed to belong to the same Ice Age mastodon. Those items have been shipped to the New York State Museum for examination and curation.

They should start working on the new Jurassic World Hudson Valley! LOL