A Fisherman on the Missouri River Recovers a Fossil Estimated to be 90 Million Years Old

This month, Andy Moore caught the biggest fish of his life in the Missouri River.

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What we were looking at was a fossil of a fish, not an actual fish.

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On a fishing trip near Yankton, South Dakota, Moore

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stumbled across the unusual catch.

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Moore was competing in a fishing contest from Hiskayak and

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was having trouble reeling in a catch.

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To get his lure off the rock, Moore rowed his kayak there.

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