Bipartisan legislation to designate the Mastodon as America’s national fossil

DETROIT

Bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) to designate the Mastodon as the United States’ first-ever national fossil has unanimously passed the Senate. Currently, nearly every state has a designated state fossil – including Michigan – which named the Mastodon as its state fossil in 2002.

The National Fossil Act aims to highlight the Mastodon’s importance to American…