extinct monster skeleton alabama
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- almost complete
- description
- A remarkably complete fossil skeleton of an extinct whale, discovered in 1842 on Judge Creagh's plantation in Alabama, initially misidentified as a huge reptile.
- discovery_year
- 1842
- location
- Alabama
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- discovered_on_property_ofJudge Creagh
- description
- The significant fossil skeleton of an extinct whale was found on the plantation owned by Judge Creagh in Alabama.
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- found in the year 1842, on the plantation of Judge Creagh, in Alabama.
- initially_namedBasilosaurus
- description
- Local Alabama doctors initially named the newly discovered fossil skeleton 'Basilosaurus', believing it to be a huge reptile.
- source
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- source_text
- The Alabama doctors declared it a huge reptile, and bestowed upon it the name of Basilosaurus.
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:20.295Z
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