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

As Project Prosauropod finish moving specimens into new cabinets, they find that some could be made smaller.
The technicians remove excess sandstone matrix from around the ancient bone to make the blocks smaller, and more importantly, lighter. This minimizes the amount of weight on each shelf.

Juvenile Hip Block

The preparator works in a indented section of the block to expose more of the hip vertebra.

The technician gradually removes more and more of the sandstone matrix to expose the entire surface of this small section.

Finally, you can see both sides are almost completely free of matrix, and the section is ready to be re-attached.

The technician coats both surfaces with a layer of very thin consolidant (a type of thin "glue" used to strengthen bones) that soaks in very well.
Before this dries entirely, she applies thicker consolidant that holds the pieces together. The glue will have to dry, or cure, for a bit before work can continue.

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.