Researchers in the area of Morden, Man. have made a gigantic, ancient discovery. Work is underway to unearth a-believed-to-be full-sized fossil of a mosasaur which lived more than 80 million years ago.
Work is underway to unearth a-believed-to-be full-sized fossil of a mosasaur which lived more than 80 million years ago.
Peters made the discovery in June and, since then, he and a number of other researchers have been slowly and carefully exposing the fossil.One discovery has led to several others. So far, they have uncovered a few dozen bones. "When I find something like this, it gets my heart pumping. Finding one is cool, but when start , 'oh there's another one, there's another one, there's another one, there's a different type,' it gets very exciting."
Peters said there are more than 70 species of mosasaur in the world, with three mainly found in Manitoba.The team hopes the entire fossil will be exposed by the winter and then it will be brought back to the discovery centre for more research.
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