Construction Worker Digs Up Mind-Blowing Key to the Prehistoric Era

Finally Unearthed

When all was said and done, there was finally some progress being made. After several hours of hard manual labor, they freed the rock accretion. With the help of some cranes, the Suncor team lifted it out of the ground and up to the surface. As they lowered it to the eager technicians, the 7.5-ton mass dropped suddenly and shattered on the ground. Scared for a moment, they soon realized this revealed a paleontologist’s paradise…

What's Inside?

Inside the rock wasn't any pirate treasure or gold coins, but it was certainly something special. It was a broken egg! Inside were the remains of a prehistoric organism. The techs were tasked with finding out exactly what kind of organism it was. The had to put together the shattered pieces like a puzzle...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.