Fossilized fish found during excavation in Calgary suburb

A school of fossilized fish estimated to be 60 million years old was discovered in the basement of a new development
in northwest Calgary.

University of Calgary paleontologist Darla Zelenitskyis calling the discoveryvery important.

Edgar Nernberg, who works for a local excavation company, found the fishwhile digging a basement in the neighbourhood of Evanston.

The five fish were found in a block of sandstone in the Paskapoo Formation underneathCalgary and much of thesurroundingarea.

The formation is estimated to be 60 million years old.Complete fossils from this time period are extremely rare.

ZelenitskyandNernberg willbe hosting a tour of the site for media on Thursday.