Fossils

• Fossil records earn Quebec island world heritage status

  According to UNESCO's website, Quebec's largest island is the most complete and best-preserved paleontological record of the first mass extinction of animal life.

  Canada

  Sep 19
  
• B.C. paleobotanist rediscovers Burnaby plant fossils stored at SFU, writes paper

  Rolf Mathewes was an undergrad student at SFU when his supervisor at the time found plant fossils from a deposit exposed during construction on Burnaby Mountain in the late 1960s.

  Environment

  Apr 14
  
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• New evidence sheds light on mammal-eating dinosaur

  Microraptors roamed the earth about 120 million years ago, and scientists now have more insight into what they ate.

  Science

  Dec 21, 2022
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• Fossils aplenty in B.C. town; digging for them encouraged

  The Town of Princeton is rich with fossils of plants and insects from around 50 million years ago.

  Canada

  Oct 8, 2022
• Alberta man discovers prehistoric mammoth tusk in yard on Saddle Lake Cree Nation

  'I was just blown away!' Jarrod Cardinal said about finding the woolly mammoth tusk. 'Who digs a hole in the ground and finds something like that?'

  Science

  Sep 30, 2022
• Fossil found on P.E.I. older than first dinosaur to have walked the Earth

  A Halifax-based geologist and paleontologist said the fossil likely dates back about 300 million years.

  Features

  Sep 5, 2022
• Meet Dave: Unique ancient shark skeleton on display at Manitoba fossil museum

  Dave is part of a new exhibit at the museum, and according to CDFC director Adolfo Cuetara, he might be the first of his species to be discovered.

  Science

  Jul 22, 2022
• Quebecer fined $20,000 after 45 fossils stolen from Burgess Shale, Parks Canada says

  The individual from Quebec, whom Parks Canada has not identified, pleaded guilty to two charges in a Cranbrook, B.C., court last month.

  Canada

  May 12, 2022
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• Jurassic Quest making a stop in Saskatoon this weekend

  Jurassic Quest's 165-million-year-old visitors made their first stop in Saskatoon this weekend, showcasing life-like dinosaurs that move, as well as rides and fossils.

  Entertainment

  Apr 2, 2022
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• 2 mosasaur fossils discovered at southern Alberta ammonite mine

  On Jan. 26, the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology answered a call from a mining company to inform them of a potential fossil discovery just south of Lethbridge.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2022