Welcome to Alberta’s palaeontological hall of fame! Meet the world’s best-preserved armoured dinosaur; a gorgosaur with prey fossilized in its stomach; the first evidence of feathered dinosaurs in North America; Canada’s first dinosaur eggs with embryos preserved inside them; and more. The opening of the new Breakthroughs exhibit kicks off a year of celebrations of … Continue reading Breakthroughs: First. Best. Only
New research on juvenile Prosaurolophus maximus specimens greatly improves our understanding of the growth and life cycle of hadrosaurs (duck-billed dinosaurs), according to scientists from the University of Calgary and the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. Skeleton of a duckbilled dinosaur Prosaurolophus in collections at Royal Tyrrell Museum that was found in ancient oceanic sediments. … Continue reading Rare Dinosaur Fossils Reveal New Details of Prosaurolophus Display Features
New research by Dr. Caleb Brown published in the journal PeerJ analyses two isolated ceratopsid horncores and contributes to our scientific understanding of the evolution of ceratopsid cranial display structures. Ceratopsidae were a diverse and abundant group of large-bodied horned dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous that are well-documented in the fossil record (e.g., Triceratops and … Continue reading New Research Adds to the Understanding of Ceratopsid Evolution
Many dinosaurs, particularly ornithischians (bird-hipped dinosaurs) have elaborate bony projections like the horns and frills of ceratopsians, the crests of hadrosaurs, and the plates and spines of stegosaurs and ankylosaurs. The evolution and function of these features has been a subject of significant scientific debate. Current research proposes that these structures evolved in the context … Continue reading New Research Analyses Body Armour of Borealopelta