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Eric Stamatin, left, and Andrew Gainariu found this axis bone of an extinct American mastodon in Eric's backyard during summer 2012. (AP Photo/Cranbook Institute of Science, HONS)
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2 boys find mastodon bone in MI yard
Fossil likely between 13,000 and 14,000 years old
Updated: Thursday, 13 Dec 2012, 10:25 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 13 Dec 2012, 10:25 AM EST
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A researcher has confirmed that two 11-year-old boys found a mastodon bone over the summer while exploring a southeast Michigan yard.
The Detroit News reports Eric Stamatin of Macomb County's Shelby Township and his cousin Andrew Gainariu of Troy found the bone near a stream while exploring Eric's backyard. Eric says it looked like a rock, but a hole made them think it was a bone.
A researcher at Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills confirmed it was an axis bone from an extinct American mastodon, a relative of the elephant. Paleontologist John Zawiskie says the fossil is likely between 13,000 and 14,000 years old.
A search of the area didn't turn up more bones. Zawiskie says there are records of numerous mastodon-related finds in Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
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