NBC 5
Originally Posted: April 7, 2015
Dinosaur bones estimated to be 100 million years old recently discovered in Mansfield by a 4-year-old boy are now on their way to Southern Methodist University in Dallas for further study.
The dinosaur bones were first discovered in September next to a Mansfield retail center that was under construction.
Since the discovery, experts have been digging and excavating near the Sprouts grocery store on Matlock Road and Debbie Lane.
When all of that earth and dirt was dug up to make way for the shopping center, a Dallas zookeeper who lives nearby thought he’d be able to find fish fossils.
The whole area was covered in water millions of years ago, said the Dallas Zoo.
Zookeeper Tim Brys thought his son Wiley, 4, would enjoy going on a fossil hunt.
“We commonly go collect fossils as something we can do together to be outside. Wiley enjoys coming with me on my trips,” Brys explained. READ MORE