A recent discovery is putting Saskatchewan in the spotlight when it comes to Dinosaur research. And its shedding light on an ancient coastal habitat in the province.
While you might think of places like Drumheller, Alta., as the centre of the dinosaur world, Saskatchewan might have a lot more to offer than you might think.Centrosaurus was a herbivorous dinosaur with one horn on its snout and spines around the back of its neck frill.
“We found fragments of the frill that have horns shaped like hooks and those are distinctive of that species,” Alexandre Demers-Potvin, a PhD, McGill University palaeobiologist said. “It’s part of a group of dinosaurs called Ceratopsia. And that pretty much includes all the dinosaurs that had horns on their heads. So, think of anything like triceratops.”As part of the discovery, researchers also uncovered a unique ecosystem at the Lake Diefenbaker Bonebed in Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park.According to University of Saskatchewan adjunct professor Dr. Emily L.
The Centrosaurus fossil was transported to the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Regina for further research, and one day it could be on display. “When we get one of these museum specimens it’s not the end of the story,” Dr. Ryan McKellar, the Royal Saskatchewan Museum curator of paleontology said. “They then get used for things like chemical analysis or finding growth rings in the bone to figure out how old these dinosaurs were.”“Finds like this and the fieldwork that goes into them draw a lot of paleo students to the province and also other researchers.
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