US EditionFamily Discovers Massive 20 Million Year Old Whale Fossil After Spotting Bones in the Sand on a Beach
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A fossil belonging to a whale that swam through the seas 20 million years ago has been dug up in Australia after a holiday family discovered the remains while on vacation.Just as the television network 9news picks up, staff of the Victoria and Barwon Coast Museums successfully dug up the fossil on Ocean Grove Beach on the Bellarine Peninsula, southeastern Australia, this Thursday.The main paleontologist of the Victoria Museum, Dr. Erich Fitzgera…
Family discovers massive 20 million year old whale fossil after spotting bones in the sand on a beach
A 20 million year old whale fossil has been pulled from a beach in Victoria after a family spotted something unusual sticking out of the sand late last year. The one tonne fossil was found at Ocean Grove Beach on Bellarine Peninsula in December when Queensland holidaymaker Kristina Davidson noticed bones protruding from the sand and contacted Museums Victoria. Ms Davidson said the remarkable discovery happened purely by chance. ‘I pretty much st…
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