Fossil discovered over 100 years ago in Fernie, B.C., identified as new species

Paleontologist Jordan Mallon helped identify a new animal species 109 years after a man discovered a fossil fishing near Fernie, B.C. The fossil had been sitting in the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa for decades before Mallon started to study it.

Paleontologist Jordan Mallon helped identify a new animal species 109 years after a man discovered a fossil fishing near Fernie, B.C. The fossil had been sitting in the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa for decades before Mallon started to study it.

Paleontologist Jordan Mallon helped identify a new animal species 109 years after a man discovered a fossil fishing near Fernie, B.C. The fossil had been sitting in the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa for decades before Mallon started to study it.

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