Massive dinosaur fossil unearthed by Alberta pipeline crew

Human graves are generally 6 feet deep, yet a dinosaur fossil was found in shallower soil about 5 feet down or at a depth of 1.5 meters.

Imagine then how the backhoe operator for a pipeline crew felt when he thought he broke off a rock only to then realize it was something else. Imagine his chagrin when it crumpled in his hands afterwards.

This is what he unearthed.

Thinking he had simply chipped off a section of rock, the backhoe operator laid the piece to the side and turned to resume excavation work.

That’s when he saw the exposed fossil in the embankment in front of him.

Palaeontologists from the Tyrell Museum and National Geographic arrived at the site Wednesday and will soon be joined by Pipestone Creek Dinosaur Initiative head palaeontologist, Dr. Matthew Vavrek.

How exciting! And yet another giant fossil found (tail section only?) in the same general area of Canada, almost lying on the surface really. It makes me wonder why they were all found out west.

Source: CNN

The explorer in me would love to go on an expedition to unearth fossils of this size.