Meet ‘Walt,’ the 80-million-year-old mosasaur named after the Texas teen who dug it up on the Canadian Prairie

A teenage boy with long hair brushes dirt from a fossil while a man with a beige brimmed hat and grey beard watches over.

A Texas teen returned from a summer vacation to the Canadian Prairies with a story he says his pals back home probably wouldn’t believe — were it not for the fact that the 80-million year old aquatic reptile fossil he unearthed has been named “Walt” after him.

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