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One in a Billion Fossil Skull Found in Red River
Archaeologists from LSU and the Army Corps of Engineers unearthed a 4-foot Basilosaurus skull with a complete forward skeleton along the Red River at Montgomery Landing. The find, dated about 45 million years old, is the most complete Basilosaurus fossil ever found. LSU to study fossil site with a $157,000 Corps grant and display the remains in the Museum of Geoscience.
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