I almost forgot to mention a fun bit of news coverage that happened during our Grande Prairie fieldwork. The first
Pachyrhinosaurus skull to be prepared from the
Wapiti River bonebed was nicknamed Hugo (for I hope obvious reasons...). It is on loan to the Grande Prairie Regional College for the next few months and is on display in a case beside their bookstore. The Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune did a
nice little piece on the new display and features a completely awesome photo of Phil Currie and prep technician Susan Kagan.
Susan has been pummeling her way through the hard ironstone nodules that enclose the Wapiti River skulls - here is a photo from last fall of progress on the next skull to be prepared. It's come a long way since then, but it takes a long time to get these guys ready.
Grande Prairie Regional College also has a full skeletal mount of
Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai, the species known from the
Pipestone Creek bonebed.
Ok, that should actually be the end of Pachyrhinosaurus updates for the next little while...
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