excavated
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The fossil containing the two crocodile relatives was excavated in 1948.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Workers excavated a 3-by 4-foot area to find the source of the leak and will begin welding a patch at the leak site on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Gus was discovered in South Dakota’s fossil-rich Hell Creek Formation and excavated between 2021 and 2023, followed by three years of lab work to prep, assemble, and mount the bones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The bones were excavated over three summers, when it was warm enough for the ground to have thawed, from 2021 to 2023.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
During the spring, water flowed over his father’s waterwheel with such force that it excavated a pool nearly ten feet deep and twenty-five feet long.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
