The fossilized skull of a marine reptile called an ichthyosaur is now being studied after being found in B.C.'s Kiskatinaw River valley, roughly 52 kilometres south of Fort St. John.

Local resident Kevin Geist and his 11-year old son Andreas discovered the skull two summers ago, spotting a strange black rock along the river's shoreline in the fossil-rich Peace region.

The Kiskatinaw River has dropped to record lows after four years of drought , which means more rocks are becoming exposed there. In this case, one of those rocks contained a prehistoric skull.

“It wasn’t in the water. And that’s what is making some of these things pop up now, is because unfortunately we’re under a drought situation,” Geist said. “A lot of the rocks are more exposed than they were before.” WATCH | CBC

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