FICER'S BODY CAMERAS HAVE BEEN
TURNED OVER AND THE OFFICERS
PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
>> Ursula: IT IS AN ANCIENT
ECOSYSTEM DATING 95 MILLION
YEARS AND IT IS UP THE ROAD IN
NORTH TEXAS.
A CURATOR AT THE WITTE MUSEUM IS
PART OF A TEAM OF
PALEONTOLOGISTS STUDYING THAT
SITE.
TODAY THE CURATOR GAVE STEPHANIE
SERNA A FIRST LOOK AT SOME OF
THE FOSSILS FOUND AT THAT
SPECIAL SITE AND WHAT IT SAYS
ABOUT TEXAS MANY, MANY YEARS
AGO.
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY THE NOSE OF
OUR CROCODILE, WHICH WOULD BE
THIS RIGHT HERE.
>> Reporter: THESE ARE THE
REMNANTS OF A SKULL OF A
CROCODILE THAT ADAMS SAID WAS
PROBABLY ONCE 20 FEET LONG.
THE FOSSILS, JUST A FEW OF 2200
COLLECTED FROM THE SITE WHICH
DATES ABOUT 95 MILLION YEARS.
>> WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT
SPECIES OF CROCODILES, AT LEAST
THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
MEAT-EATING DINOSAURS, ONE
PLANT-EATING DINOSAUR, TURTLE,
SHARK, STINGRAYS.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE SITE
REPRESENTS A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN
MOST OF TEXAS WAS UNDERWATER.
>> WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE EARLY
AND LAY CRETACEOUS BUT THE
MIDDLE HAS BEEN A MYSTERY.
NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION
TO FILL THAT GAP IN AND IT'S
FOUND HERE IN TEXAS.
>> Reporter: ADAMS SAID THIS
SKULL, ALONG WITH BITE MARKS ON
OTHER FOSSILS, SHOWS THIS
CROCODILE WAS AT THE TOP OF THE
FOOD CHAIN, EVEN TAKING DOWN
DINOSAUR.
>> THOSE ARE BIG TOOTH SOCKETS.
HE'S EATING TURTLES, DINOSAURS.
>> Reporter: THE TEAM WILL
SPEND THE NEXT TWO YEARS
COLLECTING AS MUCH DATA AS THEY
CAN AT THIS SITE.
>> UNFORTUNATELY IT'S ALSO IN
THE MIDDLE OF A FUTURE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEY'RE ABOUT READY TO TURN
THE LAND OVER TO THE NEW
HOMEOWNERS AND SO IN 2017 WE'LL
PROBABLY LOSE ACCESS TO THIS
SITE AND PROBABLY LOSE THE SITE
COMPLETELY.
>> Reporter: HE'S LEADING THE
FIRST PERMANENT DINOSAUR GALLERY
