Massive dinosaur skull unearthed in Northern Alberta
After being buried for 72 million years, paleontologists near Grande Prairie, Alberta, have uncovered a 600-pound (272 kg) skull of a Pachyrhinosaurus, a plant-eating dinosaur that once roamed Alberta’s badlands.
Nicknamed “Big Sam,” it is the largest adult skull and the second one found at Pipestone Creek, a site considered one of the densest bone beds in North America.
Dr. Emily Bamforth, a paleontologist from the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum, highlighted that the site contains hundreds of juvenile fossils in addition to adult remains.
