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Dam construction unearths fossil trove

The megalodon was large enough to swallow a small car. An exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, with curator Jeff Seigel, featured the shark jaw in 1996.

The megalodon was large enough to swallow a small car. An exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, with curator Jeff Seigel, featured the shark jaw in 1996.   (Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times)

Near Milpitas, Calif., construction on a dam project led to the discovery of a trove of fossils. Specimens included massive prehistoric sharks and an extinct hippo-like marine mammal.

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