14 May 2009
Fossilized Whale Found Cross-Sectioned in Kitchen Counter Slabs
Fossil Whale, Italy, Limestone Counters, Natural History, Paleontology
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.
