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

Rib Bone

The technician works to prepare a rib bone.
The bone is extremely fragile and needs to be coated with Vinac, a strong glue, before the sandstone around the bone can be removed.
This rib was found during the Project Prosauropod Dig in the summer of 2006. It was stored throughout the winter in a plaster cast. The technician removed this protective cast with a saw-like cast cutter before starting to prepare the bone.

Vertebra

In the top left picture, the technician uses the cast cutting saw to remove the protective plaster cast that has protected the specimen for the past year. Removing the cast allows the preparator to take a section of bone off the larger block, to be worked on seperately. The above picture shows the area where the cast has been cut away.
The picture on the left shows the section of bones that is going to be removed from the larger block. The bone itself is not positively identified yet, but it might be a verterbral section.

Vertebra

The airscribe tool is an effective way to remove large amounts of sandstone in a short amount of time.
The technician is using the airscribe to remove excess sandstone from a block containing a vertebra.

Vertebra

The preparator continues to work on a vertebra.

The bone has been faulted heavily and vinac has to be used to prevent it from falling apart during preperation.

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