14 May 2009
Fossilized Whale Found Cross-Sectioned in Kitchen Counter Slabs
Fossil Whale, Italy, Limestone Counters, Natural History, Paleontology
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Limestone quarried in Italy and cut into slabs intended to be used for kitchen counters was found to have accidentally produced a perfect cross section of a 40 million year old Eocene fossilized whale.
National Geographic 6:31 video
Hat tip to Karen L. Myers.