While being unloaded from a truck on the
campus of Southern Methodist University,
even encased in plaster, they made
what sounded like primitive Roar's
these first plaster, the skeletons
only scratched the surface of a new
fossil find here near Proctor
Lake. The discovery was made by
geology student Rusty Branch.
Really didn't know. And so I called Dr.
Murray and got him out there.
The fossils were identified as those
of plant eating disorders, which
live more than 100 million years ago.
Those dug up and plastered for protective
transport all appear to be under
10 feet in length.
But scientists know there's much more
here.
It's really impossible to say just
how significant they are.
But one thing that you can be sure
certain of, they are very
significant.
But if the find is as significant as
the experts seem to think it might be,
they may want to change the name of this
place to the Institute for the Study of
Earth and Man and Dinosaurs.
The actual removal of the bones from
the plaster jackets is going to take just
for these bones right here.
It's going to take about seven or eight
years and then the study really
begins.
Jack Helsel Channel 5 News, Dallas.