Duck-bill dinosaur uncovered in southern Alberta
By Bill Kaufmann, Calgary Sun First posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 05:18 PM EST | Updated: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 05:41 PM EST
CALGARY ─ Last year's great flood and the sharp eyes of a fisherman have led to the discovery of a new species of dinosaur in an unexpected spot in southern Alberta.
The fossil skull and partial vertebrae of a hadrosaur, or duck-bill dinosaur was found embedded in a one-tonne boulder lying in the Castle River southwest of Calgary.
Last month, the 80-million-year-old fossil was removed from the river with the help of a helicopter and taken to the Royal Tyrrell Museum near Drumheller, Alta., located 137 km east of Calgary.
Scales and teeth along with an easily-visible series of vertebrae can be seen on the specimen.
It's believed the boulder was dislodged by the massive flood of June 2013 in a place where such fossils haven't been found, said Royal Tyrrell curator Don Henderson.
Handout photo courtesy Government of Alberta released to media Nov. 12, 2014 shows a block containing a partial dinosaur skull, neck and chest has been safely extracted from the Castle River, in Southern Alberta, after the pair of fishermen reported their find to staff at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. (Government of Alberta/QMI Agency)
A small model of a hadrosaur at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alta. (Photo Courtesy of Royal Tyrrell Museum)
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By Bill Kaufmann, Calgary Sun First posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 05:18 PM EST | Updated: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 05:41 PM EST
CALGARY ─ Last year's great flood and the sharp eyes of a fisherman have led to the discovery of a new species of dinosaur in an unexpected spot in southern Alberta.
The fossil skull and partial vertebrae of a hadrosaur, or duck-bill dinosaur was found embedded in a one-tonne boulder lying in the Castle River southwest of Calgary.
Last month, the 80-million-year-old fossil was removed from the river with the help of a helicopter and taken to the Royal Tyrrell Museum near Drumheller, Alta., located 137 km east of Calgary.
Scales and teeth along with an easily-visible series of vertebrae can be seen on the specimen.
It's believed the boulder was dislodged by the massive flood of June 2013 in a place where such fossils haven't been found, said Royal Tyrrell curator Don Henderson.
Handout photo courtesy Government of Alberta released to media Nov. 12, 2014 shows a block containing a partial dinosaur skull, neck and chest has been safely extracted from the Castle River, in Southern Alberta, after the pair of fishermen reported their find to staff at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. (Government of Alberta/QMI Agency)
A small model of a hadrosaur at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alta. (Photo Courtesy of Royal Tyrrell Museum)
Duck-bill dinosaur uncovered in southern Alberta | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
