This week, the Sault Ste. Marie Public Library takes us back to a display at the library featuring the skeleton of a dinosaur on loan from the Royal Ontario Museum in 1978 and 79.
A dinosaur… in the library? Yes! A Parasaurolophus [Para-sore-oh-loaf-us] to be exact.
According to the Royal Ontario Museum , in 1978, there were only four surviving Parasaurolophus skeletons in the world, with the ROM’s being the most complete. The Parasaurolophus belonged to the reptilian order of Ornithischia and the family of Hadrosauridae. Paleontologists have concluded that this dinosaur had the blunt teeth of a herbivore and most likely walked on all four legs a majority of the time, although it could probably run quickly on its strong hind legs.
While at the Sault Ste. Marie Public Library, the exhibit attracted over 10,000 visitors. School classes made special trips to see Lophy inside the lobby. Check out this Royal Ontario Museum link to see a real Parasaurolophus skeleton and other vertebrate fossils.
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