The discovery was made in October, but due to the fossil’s sheer size, it was only extracted two months later in December.
Godfrey stated that the weight of the fossil mostly came, not from the skull itself, but from the unusual, cemented sediment that had formed around the skull.
The team that collected the fossil. From left to right: Chris Storck, Marcus Jones, Cody Goddard, David Hoppe, Dr. Geoff Bowers, Stephen Groff, John Nance, Bill Prochownik, Dr. Victor Perez, Paul Murdoch, Walt Johns, and Dr. Stephen Godfrey. , the prehistoric whale the skull came from was quite small and narrow at 5.5 feet long and about 18 inches wide.
Cody Goddard with wife Laura MacLean and son Brennan on the day of discovery. The whale skull is in the partially submerged block of sediment just in front of, and below Cody’s left knee.
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