[Geology2] Bulgarian Highway Builders Dig Out Unknown Fish Fossil

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Bulgarian Highway Builders Dig Out Unknown Fish Fossil
Novinite [Bulgaria], September 30, 2010

A fossil of an unknown predator fish species, which is believed to be
200 million years old, has been found by workers during the construction
of Bulgaria's Lyulin Highway. The rock containing the fish fossil was
dug out and is already on display in the Regional History Museum in the
city of Pernik, which was contacted immediately by the two workers that
stumbled upon the find - Emil Mitushev and Dimitar Borisov. Local
archaeologists believe the fish got stuck in the slime as a local body
of water that occupied the area around Pernik dried out; subsequently,
the slime turned into rock, preserving the fossil. Geological data shows
that the body of water – and respectively the fish – existed in the
region during the Triassic period, 250-200 million years ago. The fossil
is 58 cm in length.

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=120634

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