Miners unearthed the tusk from an old streambed, about 40 feet (12.1 meters) deep, at the Freedom Mine near Beulah, North Dakota. The 45,000-acre (18,210-hectare) surface mine produces up to 16 million tons (14.5 million metric tons) of lignite coal per year.
WALHALLA, N.D. — Researchers who uncovered a new genus and species of mosasaur an ancient, carnivorous aquatic lizard in the Pembina Gorge north of Walhalla in northeastern North
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