Mammoth remains found in northern Wyoming
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April 20, 2018
POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Skeletal remains found at the Buffalo Bill Reservoir this week appear to belong to an ancient mammoth.
Federal law enforcement agents and officials rushed to secure the site west of Cody on Tuesday afternoon as word spread quickly about the discovery. The spot is located on Bureau of Reclamation land and the Bureau of Land Management is assisting with security.
"We don't have a huge amount of mammoth finds in Wyoming; it's a very important discovery," said University of Wyoming paleobiology professor Mark Clementz, in the department of geology and geophysics.
A Cody area re...
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