HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Credit for the discovery of a fossil find in Nova Scotia, called the most significant in the Canadian province, belongs to a dog and its owners, scientists say.
Patrick Keating, his family and their dog Kitty were on an outing on the province's fossil-rich Northumberland shore when they found the fossil reptile scientists described as mammal-like because the species is thought to be the ancient ancestors of modern mammal species.