UPCOMING EVENTS

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  • Palaeo How-To: What are Trace Fossils?

    By Lindsay Kastroll, Master’s student in Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Demystifying the way the science actually works… In the last edition of Palaeo How-To, we discussed the different types of fossils and how they form. However, that edition focused specifically on body fossils, which are direct evidence of an organism represented by actual fossilized parts of that organism. Dinosaur
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  • Palaeo How-To: What are Fossils?

    By Lindsay Kastroll, Master’s student in Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Demystifying the way the science actually works… Welcome back to Palaeo How-To, the blog series that breaks down the behind-the-scenes processes of palaeontology. In our first edition of Palaeo How-To, we explored what it means to study palaeontology, the study of prehistoric life. For something to be considered prehistoric,
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  • Palaeo How-To: What is Palaeontology?

    By Lindsay Kastroll, Master’s student in Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Demystifying the way the science actually works… Much of the work that museums do boils down to educating the public, and they are often quite good at it. You probably wouldn’t be reading this blog if that wasn’t the case! Science communication is an important part of what museums
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  • Dungeons and Dragons and Dinosaurs: How Do Prehistoric Creatures Fit Into Tabletop Roleplaying Games?

    By Lindsay Kastroll, Master’s student in Biological Sciences, University of Alberta When you think about the hit table-top roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, you typically think about elves, wizards, magical quests, and of course, dragons. Dinosaurs don’t really factor into that equation. However, you may be surprised to learn that prehistoric creatures have had a long history in Dungeons & Dragons, going back
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  • A Little Late Cretaceous Monster from the Banks of the Wapiti

    Huge dinosaurs like Pachyrhinosaurus and Edmontosaurus roamed the Grande Prairie area about 70 million years ago, but such heavyweights never had the Cretaceous world to themselves. There were plenty of smaller dinosaurs around, like the little carnivore Boreonykus, and dinosaurs were only one component of a diverse ecosystem that also included fish, turtles, mammals and many other vertebrates, alongside plants and invertebrates. However, small vertebrates
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  • This fossil reveals how dinosaurs peed, pooped and had sex

    Katie Hunt, 2021 VIEW ARTICLE
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  • Description and rediagnosis of the crested hadrosaurid (Ornithopoda) dinosaur Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus

    Terry A. Gates, David C. Evans, Joseph J.W. Sertich, 2021 VIEW ARTICLE
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  • Description and etiology of paleopathological lesions in the type specimen of Parasaurolophus walkeri (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae), with proposed reconstructions of the nuchal ligament

    Filippo Bertozzo, Fabio Manucci, Matthew Dempsey, Darren H. Tanke, David C. Evans, Alastair Ruffell, Eileen Murphy, 2020 VIEW ARTICLE
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  • A New Furileusaurian Abelisaurid from La Invernada (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian, Bajo De La Carpa Formation), Northern Patagonia, Argentina

    Federico A. Gianechini, Ariel H. Méndez, Leonardo S. Filippi, Ariana Paulina-Carabajal, Rubén D. Juárez-Valieri & Alberto C. Garrido, 2021 VIEW ARTICLE
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  • First baby tyrannosaur fossils discovered in Alberta, Montana

    CBC News, Gregory F. Funston, 2021 VIEW ARTICLE
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  • STEGOSAUR TRACK ASSEMBLAGE FROM XINJIANG, CHINA, FEATURING THE SMALLEST KNOWN STEGOSAUR RECORD

    Jin-Young Park, Yuong-Nam Lee, Philip J. Currie, Michael J. Ryan, Phil Bell, Robin Sissons, Eva B. Koppelhus, Rinchen Barsbold, Sungjin Lee & Su-Hwan Kim, 2021 VIEW ARTICLE
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  • Baby tyrannosaurid bones and teeth from the Late Cretaceous of western North America

    Gregory F. Funston, Mark J. Powers, S. Amber Whitebone, Stephen L. Brusatte, John B. Scannella, John R. Horner, Philip J. Currie, 2021 VIEW ARTICLE
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  • A new two-fingered dinosaur sheds light on the radiation of Oviraptorosauria

    Gregory F. Funston , Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig , Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar , Yoshitsugu Kobayashi , Corwin Sullivan and Philip J. Currie, 2020 VIEW ARTICLE
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  • The Forelimb and Pectoral Girdle of Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai (Ceratopsia, Centrosaurinae)

    Rebekah Marion Vice, 2020 VIEW ARTICLE
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  • A cloacal opening in a non-avian dinosaur

    Jakob Vinther, Robert Nicholls, Diane A.Kelly, 2021 VIEW ARTICLE
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  • Investigating Possible Gastroliths in a Referred Specimen of Bohaiornis guoi (Aves: Enantiornithes)

    Shumin Liu, Zhiheng Li, Alida M. Bailleul, Min Wang and Jingmai O’Connor, 2021 VIEW ARTICLE
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  • The feeding system of Tiktaalik roseae: an intermediate between suction feeding and biting

    Justin B. Lemberg, Edward B. Daeschler, and Neil H. Shubin, 2020 VIEW ARTICLE
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  • New Thescelosaurid Material from the Wapiti Formation, Campanian of Northern Alberta

    Michael Hudgins, 2020 (SVP Virtual 2020) VIEW ARTICLE
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  • Caenagnathid Dinosaur Specimens from the Upper Cretaceous Wapiti Formation of Northern Alberta

    Corwin Sullivan, 2020 (SVP Virtual 2020) VIEW ARTICLE
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  • Maniraptoran pelvic musculature highlights evolutionary patterns in theropod locomotion on the line to birds

    Matthew M. Rhodes​, Donald M. Henderson, Philip J. Currie, 2021 VIEW ARTICLE
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Named after Dr. Philip Currie, one of Canada's leading Palaeontologists, our museum honours his lifelong commitment to the discovery and study of palaeo-heritage.

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Cafe on 43 is a coffee house and cafe located in the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum. They offer a variety of appetizers, lunch, entrees & desserts with new specials daily! With homestyle cooking and great service, you’re sure to enjoy your visit. Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am – 8pm.
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