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Monday, 17 March 2025
UNEARTHING A JUVENILE ELASMOSAUR ON THE TRENT RIVER
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Pat Trask with a Fossil Rib Bone. Photo: Rebecca Miller In August of 2020, an incredible elasmosaur fossil—a mighty marine reptile—was unear...
Sunday, 16 March 2025
SECRETS IN STONE: VANCOUVER ISLAND'S TRENT RIVER
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Trent River, Vancouver Island, BC Deep in the moss-draped forests of Vancouver Island, beneath a green canopy of second-growth firs and the ...
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
TREASURES OF CANADA: TRENT RIVER PALAEONTOLOGY
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Dan Bowen, Chair, VIPS, Trent River The rocks that make up the Trent River on Vancouver Island were laid down south of the equator as small,...
Thursday, 11 February 2021
PUNTLEDGE ELASMOSAUR
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This toothy beauty is an elasmosaur, a large marine reptile who cruised our ancient oceans 80-million years ago. We have one now housed in ...
Sunday, 18 October 2020
PUNTLEDGE ELASMOSAUR
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Puntledge Elasmosaur found by Mike Trask This lengthy beauty is an elasmosaur, a large marine reptile now housed in the Courtena...
Saturday, 12 September 2020
UNEARTHING A JUVENILE ELASMOSAUR ON THE TRENT RIVER
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Pat Trask with a Fossil Rib Bone. Photo: Rebecca Miller A mighty marine reptile was excavated on the Trent River near Courtenay on the east ...
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