Project Prosauropod: Discover a Dinosaur with us.

Parrsboro, Nova Scotia

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Become part of Project Prosauropod and watch as researchers uncover the 200 million year old skeleton of a prosauropod dinosaur. Check in every week to see what discoveries have been made, as well as new animations and photographs of this important specimen.

Current Lab Update

Renovating the Lab

Lab staff transfer smaller specimens to new cabinets where they are protected from dust and temperature changes resulting from sunlight. As the specimens are put into the cabinets, a list of their identifying catalogue number is made for the outside of each cabinet. This will make the fossils easier to find later.
Juvenile Hip Block
One side of the small section removed from the block is nearly completed. Only one half of the other side is prepared. Both sides will have to be cleaned before the piece is reattached.

	The technician switches from a handpick to the Micro-Jack to remove more santdstone matrix from the central section. Enough matrix is removed to expose tiny sections of bone. From there she uses the handpick to clean the rest of the bone. In order to complete this work, a small section of bone is removed above the opening. It will be replaced when this section is complete.

Questions and Answers	Schools
Email your questions to DinoProj@gov.ns.ca When submitting a question please provide your name, age, and school name (if you are a student). Check the Q&A Archive to see the answers to previous questions.	Is your school watching us? We are trying to reach as many students, from as many different schools as possible. Whether you are in elementary, public, private, high school or university, we want to hear from you! Please send us an email with your school name and city, and we will include your school in the list of schools that are following our progress.