MALI: An amateur paleontologist, Stephanie Leco, who always wished to find T-rex fossils, has been successful in finding something unique. Leco has unearthed jaw bone of a long-snouted fish. The 220 million-year-old fossil was found from the site that was once a lake or pond during the Late Triassic period.
Experts said the site, where the fossil has been found, is the place where dinosaur age fossils are routinely found. Petrified Forest National Park paleontologist Bill Parker said that except this place, the only place where fossils from the Late Triassic period are found is in China.
During the citizens dig, Leco, 26, has found the fossil during the citizens dig held at the park last month near Holbrook. Leco said that she is now even more interested in this field. She shared that since the discovery has been made, she has started collecting books that include Triassic period to increase her knowledge.
Ben Kligman, a senior at the University of California, Berkley, said the fossil is believed to belong to a new species of fish, but he added that it cannot be confirmed without the entire fossil. Ben said that he has plans to return the site next summer and find the rest of the fossil and prove that the species that Leco has found is a new one.
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