1884 Science
Workmen digging a trench in a meadow on William Maynard’s farm near Ward Hill discover the remains of a Mastadon eight feet underground. The workers exhume nine teeth, bone fragments from the head, and portions of the tusk. Upon confirming the specimen soon after its discovery, Professor J.A. Allen of the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge comments:
The teeth you have shown me, taken from a swamp in Shrewsbury, Mass., are teeth of the Mastodon (Mastodon americanus), and belonged to an animal probably about two-thirds grown, as shown by the size and condition of the teeth.
Picture: Excavating the Mastodon