Paleontologist's Lost Dinosaur Discovery

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What if everything we thought we knew about dinosaurs turned out to be wrong?

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Robert De Palma discovered the tooth of a mosasaur, an enormous reptilian predator that made its home in the oceans of the Early Cretaceous period .

Paleontologist Robert Depaula was best known for the widely publicized discovery he made near Bowman , ND in 2012 .

The widely held belief that an asteroid impact caused the extinction event is based on the presence of the KT layer of rock.

This layer contains a high level of Iridium , an element primarily found in asteroids.

This theory is supported by the Chicksalub crater, a 112 mile impression in the Yucatan Peninsula .

De Palma was considered by some to be a controversial figure in the world of paleontology.

He has stirred up controversy with his business practices, as he retains all control of his specimens even after they've been placed in museums and university collections.

He reportedly funds his field work by creating replicas of his finds and selling them to private collectors.

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