Shell shock: A fossil rises: 30-million-year-old prize discovered in


The State
June 15, 2007 - ...plastic bag and a handwritten index card in a recloseable bag reading, "Do Not Touch," marked the spot where amateur fossil hunter Paul Bailey made the discovery of a lifetime -- the intact shell of a 30-million-year-old leatherback turtle.Thursday, a team of experts and volunteers, led by Jim Knight, director of collections at the State Museum, worked to excavate the fossil for further study.This ancient shell, about 5 feet by 4 feet, is smaller than modern leatherback...


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