It'll probably take something special to beat seven-year-old Elliott, who struck lucky when he discovered a number of super old fossils in ... helped to dig up limestone rocks from the ground ...

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Some feel almost otherworldly, with strange rock formations and the occasional ... Discovered in 1974 and kept secret for over a decade, the limestone passages beneath southern Arizona hold ...

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he dug limestone rocks out of the ground after they had become exposed. On cracking them open, he and his parents discovered they were full of Jurassic creatures. Elliott said: "I love fossils.