'I knew that it was something big': 11-year-old Kansas boy uncovers 15-foot marine reptile fossil on geology club field trip

'I knew that it was something big': 11-year-old Kansas boy uncovers 15-foot marine reptile fossil on geology club field trip

A young boy from Kansas made a remarkable fossil discovery during a geology club field trip in September 2025, according to FOX Local. Corbin Bullard was just 11 years old at the time when he reportedly spotted several large vertebrae sticking out of rock at a quarry near his hometown of Clearwater, Kansas, during an outing with the Sedgwick County 4-H Geology Club. “I didn’t know what it was, but I knew that it was something big,” Bullard said …