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This undated image courtesy of Calvert Marine Museum shows members of the museum recovering the 12 million-year-old baleen whale skull that was found along Calvert Cliffs in Maryland. - A whale skull fossil estimated to be some 12 million years old has been found on a beach in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, according to a local museum.
The discovery was made in October by a Pennsylvania man, Cody Goddard, who was searching for fossils and shark's teeth, the Calvert Marine Museum said in a statement. (Photo by Kevin Schmidt / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Courtesy of Calvert Marine Museum / Kevin Schmidt" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS