Leo Youngdahl was hoping to find one of his favorite fossils when he turned over a rock at a Nebraska park. Instead, he uncovered something far more unusual
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- Six-year-old Leo Youngdahl discovered a rare fossil while attending a summer event at Schramm Park State Recreation Area in Nebraska
- The fossil belonged to an ancient marine creature called a conulariid, which lived hundreds of millions of years ago
- Researchers say the only other known examples found in Nebraska were discovered more than 55 years ago
A 6-year-old boy searching for fossils at a Nebraska park picked up a rock and made a discovery that hadn’t been recorded in the state for more than 55 years.
Leo Youngdahl was attending a late-summer Rafting and Rocks event at Schramm Park State Recreation Area near Gretna when he spotted a large rock and decided to turn it over, hoping to find a crinoid fossil, according to Outdoor Nebraska, a publication of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission…