Crews digging 12 feet below a California infrastructure project uncovered 40- to 45-million-year-old bones of a large hoofed mammal; paleontologists spent seven days extracting the fossil from hardened rock
- A routine infrastructure project in Oceanside, California, has uncovered a glimpse of a world that existed tens of millions of years before humans.
- The City of Oceanside first announced the discovery on September 22, while reporting from the Los Angeles Times, NBC 7 San Diego and the San Diego Union-Tribune provided additional details about the excavation and the scientists working to identify the animal.
- The fossilised remains were found about 12 feet beneath the surface during excavation for a city water infrastructure project.
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- A routine infrastructure project in Oceanside, California, has uncovered a glimpse of a world that existed tens of millions of years before humans.
- The City of Oceanside first announced the discovery on September 22, while reporting from the Los Angeles Times, NBC 7 San Diego and the San Diego Union-Tribune provided additional details about the excavation and the scientists working to identify the animal.
- The fossilised remains were found about 12 feet beneath the surface during excavation for a city water infrastructure project.
Sources: Times of India