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Pipestone Creek Yields Over 8,000 Fossils in Ongoing Dinosaur Excavation

  • Professor Emily Bamforth is heading an excavation at Pipestone Creek in Alberta, unearthing a massive collection of Pachyrhinosaurus fossils dating back 72 million years.
  • The site was discovered in 1973 by local teacher Al Lakusta, and researchers believe the herd was caught by a catastrophic flash flood during migration.
  • The bonebed stretches over a kilometer with densities of up to 300 bones per square meter, containing fossils from juveniles to adults of this single species.
  • Professor Bamforth called the site “palaeo gold,” noting it as one of North America's largest bonebeds with 8,000 fossils collected so far reflecting an ecological snapshot.
  • Ongoing research aims to clarify how these top-heavy herbivores perished and what this reveals about ancient ecosystems and migration challenges in the Late Cretaceous.
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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Monday, May 19, 2025.
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