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

Sandstone Block

The technician removes a section of spine that was a part of the larger block as predicted last week.
The removed specimen is worked on by another technician, while the remaining block is further prepared. The larger block has more sections of bone in it.

Removed Section of Bone

This section of bone was previously part of a larger block.
The vertebrae still have sandstone surrounding it. The technician removes a large section of sandstone from the vertebra. Some of the sandstone may need to remainto protect the bones. The vertebra has faulted in several places making it very weak and fragile.

Unidentified Section of Bone

This still unidentified section of prosauropod bone is being prepared by a technician. This bone is extremely fragile and can not be touched until heavily coated with vinac.
Once the bone is consolidated, the handpick can be used to remove more sandstone.
The counterpart (the matching piece) is in the large block shown above.

Rib and Phalanx

The technician is working to prepare the phalanx, left, which requires a lot of vinac. The rib bone, above, is also very fragile, and it takes a lot of patience to work on these specimens.
Both of these bones were recovered during the dig in 2006.