Paleontologists discover rare new fossil in western Colorado

The fossil mammal lived during the age of dinosaurs some 70 to 75 million years ago in western Colorado.



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[mothersgauri]

Always exciting to hear about new finds .

[joe]

Excitingly they start out with a huge toothed creature in the background wall then pan to a piece no bigger than a postage stamp. NICE!

[Newsanimal]

What an incredible find! Western Colorado keeps revealing amazing secrets from the past. Can’t wait to learn more about this new fossil!

[Wanderlust]

Pretty cool. Wonder if they found any related fossils at the site?

[luisl]

i could never be a Paleontologists.... i would of thought that was just a rock!!! what a nice find !

[adamdizzy]

Show the giants skull..oh wait..they destroyed it.

[tylerkuhn]

That's super exciting how do I get a hold of the paleantogist of either Colorado or Kansas I live I bsentral Kansas and have a super exciting find but need to clarify with proper authority and such

[Robert-uhvf]

Its good to know the resident paleontologist is a vertebrate. 🫡

[josephmedina]

Hold On!
Let me get the keys to the time machine ! 😅

[RobertVonSeiffenstein]

JUST a few square inches... and hokus pokus... a new millions year old animal...

[chrisdelong]

Let me guess … the earth is only 6, 000 years old but … this fossil is millions of years old. Right?

[daphnekivinen]

Oh my goodness! How do they know this stuff? Did they imagine it to prove it is history?

[bigfoottruth]

You can hardly understand the male broadcaster. He needs to work on his voice.