(CNN) – An unexpected discovery in the drought-stricken Mississippi river has paleontologists excited. A fragment of a fossilized jaw bone with a tooth was discovered, and experts believe it’s from a ...

Barges stranded by low water in the Mississippi River in Rosedale, Mississippi, a small town near where the lion fossil was found Scott Olson / Getty Images While exploring a newly exposed sandbar in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers say the fossilized jaw, pictured during an event in late October, belonged to an American lion that roamed Mississippi ...