A couple from Alberta found a large dinosaur bone while walking on their new property near Edmonton.
The Sedlak family bought 150 acres of land in Leduc County last winter. This spring, they began exploring forests and steep ravines. During one of their hikes, they came across a small river and under the eroding rock they made the discovery for a lifetime.
“When we got to the area, my friend Casey said, ‘I’m sure we found a dinosaur bone,’ Brenda Sedlak told CTV News at the scene. – You can say that it comes from something huge.
They sent photos of experts to the Royal Tyrell Museum in Alberta. Days later, a paleontologist returned to them and confirmed that they had found a petrified dinosaur bone.
“They said they would like to go out and see it,” Sedlak said.
Alberta is one of the richest sources of dinosaur fossils in the world, with sites such as the Provincial Dinosaur Park and the Royal Tyrell Museum attracting a steady stream of visitors. The Sedlak family hopes that paleontologists will visit to confirm what kind of dinosaur they are discovering is coming from and find out what to do with it.
“Looking at the picture, it looks like a limb bone starting to weather from the rock,” University of Alberta paleontologist Mark Powers told CTV News.
The forces believe that the bone may even be one of the largest predators to ever walk the earth.
“Given the size and the hollow core that seemed to be present there, it definitely seemed more likely to be a tyrannosaurus or something,” Powers said.
Whatever the curiosity of the Cretaceous, the Sedlak family want to make sure they find their way from the creek bed of their property to a museum.
“Technically, it’s part of the story,” said Brenda Sedlak. “If we can contribute to that, then we will be happy to do so.”
So today, as part of my actual work, I went down to a ravine to look at a petrified dinosaur bone that someone found in their property. A paleontologist says it may actually be part of a tyrannosaurus’ femur. That was so cool. pic.twitter.com/eQWSUGnw1l
– Bill Fortier (@BillFortierCTV) June 3, 2022
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