A Great Discovery
In 2005, fossilized mastodon remains were discovered in Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest Preserve in Wayne. During the course of a habitat-improvement project, a contractor for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County made an initial discovery – teeth from a mastodon.
With help from the Illinois State Museum, a science team visited the site to search for more fossils. This search unearthed a partial rib and pieces of bone and tusk.
Watch the video to learn about the initial discovery.
The American Mastodon
In the long cold years of the Ice Age, the American mastodon roamed the land that is now DuPage County.
In 2005, a few fossilized mastodon remains were discovered in Pratt's Wayne Woods Forest Preserve in Wayne.
Watch the video to learn more about the mastodon.
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