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Teacher uncovers mystery fossil older than dinosaurs

By Luke Gentile
Published September 6, 2022 10:44pm ET
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Teacher uncovers mystery fossil older than dinosaurs
In this Monday, June 30, 2014, paleontologist James Walker holds a Megalodon shark tooth found at the Calaveras Dam replacement project in Fremont, Calif. Giant teeth from a 40-foot-long shark and portions of what could turn out to be an entire whale skeleton are among the hundreds of fossils being carefully unearthed at a dam construction site in Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/ Bay Area News Group, Aric Crabb) | Aric Crabb

A teacher made a rare find Monday when she uncovered a mystery fossil that appears to be older than the first dinosaur to walk the planet.

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