Mysterious skull of an enormous sea creature washes up on a California beach. See it
Visitors to the Monterey Bay beach have posted photos of the giant skull to social media.
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Visitors to the Monterey Bay beach have posted photos of the giant skull to social media.
Forrest Sheperd, who was 13 at the time, made the discovery while fossil hunting on the beaches near Santa Cruz in 2011.
A 13-year-old saw a skull protruding from a boulder. The fossil belonged to an ancient toothless walrus, Valenictus sheperdi, now named for him.
A 13-year-old saw a skull protruding from a boulder. The fossil belonged to an ancient toothless walrus, Valenictus sheperdi, now named for him.
Xenorophus sloanii was an ancient dolphin that swam the eastern waters of North America some 28 million to 30 million years ago.