University of Alberta paleontologist ready to reveal baby dinosaur skeleton
University of Alberta paleontologist ready to reveal baby dinosaur skeleton
By Kevin Maimann ,Edmonton Sun
First posted: Friday, January 17, 2014 04:55 PM MST | Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014 10:07 PM MST
World-renowned paleontologist Philip Currie has finally unveiled an "unbelievably lucky" find at the University of Alberta's Dino Lab -- and it took three years of careful work.
It took that long for Currie and his U of A team to prepare the baby Chasmosaurus skeleton he found in Dinosaur Provincial Park for viewing.
"This is the most complete baby ceratopsid -- horned dinosaur -- that's ever been found anywhere in the world," said Currie, the Canada Research Chair in Dinosaur Paleobiology at the U of A.
The skeleton is almost entirely intact, which is almost unheard of for a baby dinosaur specimen. Only the arms are missing due to erosion cutting a sinkhole through that part of the fossil thousands of years ago.
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http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/01/17/university-of-alberta-paleontologist-ready-to-reveal-baby-dinosaur-skeleton
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The baby dinosaur skeleton specimen is shown in the video, amazing
