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Denver Museum Finds Fossil While Drilling Underneath the Parking Lot-an 'Infinitesimally Small' Coincidence

Denver Museum Finds Fossil While Drilling Underneath the Parking Lot-an 'Infinitesimally Small' Coincidence
science7/29/2025

At just a few inches in diameter, the circular drill happened to pass perfectly over the fossil, drawing it up with the rest of the dirt.

For the staff at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, examining this newly found vertebrae from a 67-million-year old plant-eating dinosaur was just another day in the office. The surprise came in the form of its discovery—from right under the mu... [1719 chars]