1968 Press Photo Antarctic jawbone found 325 miles from South Pole - now02291

This fossil, the first of a land-vertebrate ever found in Antarctica, is part of the jawbone of an alligator-like creature that lived about 200 million years ago, the National Science Foundation said today in Washington. The find was made recently by Ohio State University geologists about 325 miles from the South Pole. The fossil is about 21/2 inches long, 11/2 inches high and an inch thick.

Photo is dated 1968.

Photo measures 8.5 x 8 inches.