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85-Million-Year-Old Marine Reptile Fossil Unearthed by Kansas Boy on School Field Trip

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During a geology club field trip in Kansas, a young boy’s search for fossils turned into a remarkable discovery: the unearthing of a 15-foot-long marine reptile’s remains, dating back 85 million years to an ancient sea.

Just 11 years old, Corbin Bullard made the astonishing find at a quarry near Clearwater, Kansas, as part of the Sedgwick County 4-H Geology Club’s September 2025 excursion. There, he noticed several large vertebrae emerging from the rock.

“I wasn’t sure what it was, but I knew it was something significant,” Bullard shared with FOX Local.

With the help of his fellow club members, Bullard participated in three more excavation trips, during which they painstakingly uncovered almost the entire skeleton of a tylosaurus. This formidable marine reptile once dominated the seas in the Cretaceous Period.

Corbin Bullard’s discovery took place at a quarry close to his hometown of Clearwater, Kansas, in September 2025. (Photo courtesy of Wendy Bullard)

The fossil measured more than 15 feet long and included everything from the animal’s enormous skull to most of its skeleton.

Boy staring at the unearthed fossil

Corbin and his geology club uncovered a fossil of nearly an entire tylosaurus, a massive marine reptile from the Cretaceous Period. (Wendy Bullard)

The ancient predator lived roughly 82 million to 87 million years ago, according to researchers who dated the specimen to the Smoky Hill Chalk formation, a fossil-rich layer of rock that stretches across parts of Kansas.

tylosaurus fossil in the ground

In this photo, part of the tylosaurus fossil is seen. (Wendy Bullard)

The discovery emerged from a quarry where commercial crews routinely shave away layers of rock, exposing relics hidden for millions of years. Before Bullard’s find, club members had mostly uncovered shark teeth and fish fossils.

Now 12 and preparing to enter seventh grade, Bullard plans to display the fossil’s skull at the Sedgwick County Fair in July.

“I hope [the judges] say that it looks really nice and that we put a lot of effort into it,” he said.

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