BYRON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Massive bones recently unearthed on a Byron Center farm along Kent Trails belonged to a mastodon, experts have confirmed.
Mary Oosterbaan said the bones were found in lowland on a farm she grew up on, near where the property crossed Kent Trails. Photos she posted to Facebook show at least two large bones and what appeared to be a jawbone.
Daniel Fisher of the University of Michigan told 24 Hour News 8 Wednesday that specimens the school’s Museum of Paleontology received from Byron Center last week were from a mastodon. He said university experts are working to piece together more information about material recovered from the site.
It’s unclear what the property owners plan to do with the bones.
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