TV News LIES

Sunday, Jul 13th

Last update07:26:19 AM GMT

You are here News Science Bachelor party discovers 3-million-year-old stegomastodon skull fossil

Bachelor party discovers 3-million-year-old stegomastodon skull fossil

Fossil find in new mexicoA group of friends in New Mexico didn't set out to discover an ancient stegomastodon skull -- or a fossil of any kind. They were just celebrating their friend's waning days of bachelorhood by taking a hike through Elephant Butte Lake State Park, some 150 miles outside of Albuquerque, N.M.

But along the way, the young men spotted a bone sticking out of the ground. They gathered around it and began digging. The bone turned out to be a tusk, and as they dug further they unearthed a giant elephant-like skull.

Antonia Gradillas, one the partygoers, called a friend that works at New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. His friend directed him to Gary Morgan, a paleontologist with the museum. Morgan arrived the next day and said the young men had likely found the skull of a stegomastodon, a prehistoric elephant-like mammal that roamed North America some three million years ago.

"This mastodon was living, drinking, feeding alongside the ancient Rio Grande 3 million years ago," Morgan explained.

Naturally, the partygoers were thrilled.

More...


Most Recent Related Stories...


Over 2K UFO sightings reported in first half of 2025

UFO sightingsThere have been more than 2,000 sightings of UFOs in the first half of 2025, according...

‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees

BeekeepBret Adee is one of the largest beekeepers in the US, with 2 billion bees across...

Trump administration reportedly planning to fire 2,145 Nasa employees

NASA layoffsThe Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut at least 2,145 high-ranking Nasa employees with specialized...

NASA spots a new comet flying in from a distant star system

NASA spots new cometAstronomers have spotted a new comet, moving on a trajectory that indicates that it whizzed into...
 
America's # 1 Enemy
Tee Shirt
& Help Support TvNewsLIES.org!
TVNL Tee Shirt
 
TVNL TOTE BAG
Conserve our Planet
& Help Support TvNewsLIES.org!
 
Get your 9/11 & Media
Deception Dollars
& Help Support TvNewsLIES.org!
 
The Loaded Deck
The First & the Best!
The Media & Bush Admin Exposed!