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Parks Canada and the Royal Saskatchewan Museum hosted their annual Fossil Fever in August in Grasslands National Park, a dig that includes paleontologists and the public.
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that → host → paleontologists
This year a rare thoracosaurus tooth was the highlight of the dig, uncovering new history in Saskatchewan.
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tooth → uncover → Saskatchewan
This is the third thoracosaurus tooth to be found in the province, forming a pattern.
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This → find → pattern
Kaitlin Lindblad, a University of Regina PhD student, who has been studying crocodile fossils for five years now, was thrilled with the discovery.
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who → study → discovery
“When the tooth this year popped out, I basically did like a happy dance around the quarry and started running around in circles.
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I → pop → circles
So needless to say, I was pretty ecstatic and pretty excited and honestly couldn’t believe that there was still more to find out there.
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And it also raises the question, okay, like what else are we going to find in future fossil fevers in future years?”
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This is the third thoracosaurus tooth to be found in the Grasslands National Park, one in 2016, and the other a year prior.
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The thoracosaurus is already a rare animal but before these last teeth were discovered the idea that they might have lived here wasn’t realistic.
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they → discover → ?
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whales → feed → risk
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Kaitlin Lindblad’s thesis revolves around paleontology in southeast Saskatchewan, is a pioneer in this research.
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According to her, the Frenchman formation in Saskatchewan and the Hell Creek formation are quite popular.
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formation → accord → Saskatchewan
“It’s a really well known formation, very well studied, very well searched, so to being able to help find a new animal.
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It’s a little bit intimidating, but it’s also super cool that I can be contributing to this research.”
The reason this find is so unique is because the thoracosaurus is more of a marine animal, so to find these fossils in Grasslands National Park is extremely rare and it opens up a whole new world of mystery in paleontology.
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