New York man finds jaw of killer sea giant while gardening in his backyard

New York State Museum and State University of New York Orange staff unearth a complete well-preserved mastodon jaw - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A man found the jaws of a giant sea creature in his New York back garden after mistaking teeth for baseballs.

Scholars are hailing the discovery of the fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his upstate New York home this year.