There’s a story at each turn throughout the rolling hills of the Devil’s Coulee Dinosaur Egg Site. Scattered throughout the fields are little pieces of history. Devil’s Coulee is located in Warner, Alberta and is home to Canada’s first and largest dinosaur nesting area which hosts many incredible fossils. Dawna Macleod is a paleontologist from the world renowned Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller. This week she is working at the Devil’s Coulee Dinosaur Egg Site and has noticed the site is attracting even more attention than usual.
“We found some egg shells a couple years ago that were eroding out of the hill. Now we’re just trenching around it to see if we can find more of a nest, or something great.”
Some highly skilled paleontologists worked all day to try and uncover a Maiasaura nest. Francois Therrian is one of those paleontologists and though it’s inconclusive right now, he knows if it were to be found a nest. It would be historic.
“It was known from Montana based on the hatchlings, nests, and even adults, but here in Canada we’ve only had fragments of egg shells. But here we have what we think is a complete nest of Maiasaura.”
Paleontologists says this sort of work is a dream come true.
“It’s part of history. Not just recent history, but millions and millions. it’s just fascinating,” said Macleod
If paleontologists can confirm it is a Maiasaura nest, it will certainly add to the rich tradition of dinosaurs in Southern Alberta. The dig in Devil’s Coulee will continue over the next few days as paleontologists work to unearth more fossils like they have in the past.
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