North Dakota Archive

Large Mammoth Tusk And Bones Buried For Thousands Of Years Found In North Dakota

AncientPages.com | January 8, 2024

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Coal miners in North Dakota have discovered a 7-foot-long (2.1 meters) mammoth tusk that had been buried for thousands of years. A shovel

Paleontology

New Species Of Mosasaur Named After Norse Jormungandr Sea Serpent

AncientPages.com | October 31, 2023

Conny Waters - Ancient Pages.com - Scientists have discovered a new species of mosasaur, large, carnivorous aquatic lizards that lived during the late Cretaceous. With "transitional" traits that

Fossils

New Species Of Softshell Turtle That Lived In North Dakota 66.5 Million Years Ago With Dinosaurs Discovered

AncientPages.com | March 14, 2022

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have identified a new species of softshell turtle that lived in North Dakota 66.5 million years ago at the end of the