Took a hike recently? You may have noticed certain features in the rock that, simply put, have seemingly no business being there: a couple of seashells, and maybe even some porous rock that suspiciously look like coral. What on Earth are these fossils doing so high up a mountain—and away from the ocean where you expect to find them?
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