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ATHENS (Reuters) - Researchers on the Greek island of Crete have found the fossil of a three-million-year-old fish -- 450 yards up a mountainside.
The Athens News Agency reported Wednesday that the fossil was contained in a slab of rock, believed to come from an inland Cretan quarry, that was being used as a step in a mountaintop castle built in 961 AD.
Geologists from the University of Crete's Natural History Museum believe the fossil adds to evidence that Crete was once partially or wholly under the sea, ANA said.
At 20 inches long, the fossil is the largest found in the region. Researchers are currently studying it to see how old it is, but are certain it dates back at least three million years.
