One Man For The Job

After spending days to safely bring out the item from the ground and transport it to the facility there was lots of work that’s needed to be done. The scientists knew whom to call in a situation like this. It was Mark Mitchell who was contacted by the museum. He was told about the possibility that has been found. Mark was the best in his job and the museum made the best decision to hire him. He knew how to work things out when you have 7 huge pieces of rock lying in front of you.

Rarer Than Ever Expected

After spending hundreds of hours on the thing for several years, Mark was able to remove the hard rock and that astonishing thing was in front of him. Secured and preserved in the lab it was almost ready to come out in the world in front of the people. When  Michael Greshko, a writer for National Geographic caught the news of the story he was going to see it personally. He was shocked to see that it was looking like it was real. “Might have been walking around a couple of weeks ago. I’ve never seen anything like this,” Vinther expressed after watching it.

Perfect Dinosaur Fossil

There’s a reason Jurassic Park was shot on the fictional Isla Nubra and not on the land of Arctic. The fictional Costa Rican island was first decided to bet set off the coast of Central America and the site of the Jurassic Park theme was to be built here as the climate was dinosaur friendly. Today, if you plan to visit Alberta, you have to be sure that you are wearing a heavy-duty coat. The arctic winds are not for humans, let alone dinosaurs. But in the past when dinosaurs were living they had very different scenery.

Once Upon A Time…

Dinosaurs walked on this planet some 110-112 million years ago in western Canada which was a lot more tropical back then compared to today. The land was covered with forests and of course we humans weren’t there to spoil the landscape. This fossil was found in Fort McMurray and there could be a possibility that one unlucky dinosaur met an unfateful demise. But how did he reach this place where this dinosaur’s fossil was found?

A Walk Along The Water

According to Henderson, there’s plenty of evidence proving that there were large rivers flowing out of the mountains in northern British Columbia towards the inland ocean in Alberta. Scientists believe that this dinosaur must have been walking along the river and one sudden day the river might have flooded which must have swept the creature off its feet. For millions of years, the body went through lots of processes until it was transformed into a fossil. 

Sunken Treasure On The Ocean Floor

When finally the water settled own the body which must have been floating for weeks rested in peace at the bottom of the ocean floor. The dinosaur’s huge body hit the sand which created a carter and remained there for millions of years. While it sounds like a very unfortunate event that took place but scientists believe that it was meant to happen like this, it wouldn’t have been like this we wouldn’t have found the fossil in such a good condition.