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A tiny fossil leads to a bigger discovery

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As a vertebrate paleontologist, Helen Burch hopes her research can help contribute to knowledge of the ancient world and how it shaped our present day.  Through a recent fossil discovery found excavating a site in Petrified National Park in Arizona,  Helen helped discover a new potentially venomous reptile species Microzemiotes sonselaensis.