Labels:text | font | paper | publication | document OCR: Albertosaurus, Canada's first dinosaur, was found by Canadian Joseph Tyrrell (1858-1959) in the Red Deer River area of Alberta in 1884. Five years later, Englishman Thomas Weston (1832-1910) made a major expedition down the Red Deer River on a raft. He found many dinosaur bones, but was ill- equipped to collect them. In 1897 and 1898 Lawrence Lambe (1863-1919) of the Canadian Geological Survey gathered fossils from the same area. RED DEER RIVER Following his success in Montana, Barnum Brown decided to turn his attention to Canada. With a raft and a well-equipped team of collectors, he set off in 1910 to explore the badlands around the Red Deer River. Over the next few seasons, the team discovered many bones, including those of a new horned dinosaur, Leptoceratops, and a new duck-billed dinosaur, Saurolophus. Huge numbers of dinosaur fossils were shipped back to New York, in the United States, raising concern in Canada that the nation was losing its heritage. Powerless to prevent Barnum's explorations, the Canadian government decided to organize a rival expedition. THE STERNBERG FAMILY Charles H. Sternberg, a leading freelance fossil collector who had worked for U.S. dinosaur expert Edward Drinker Cope (1840-97), was appointed head of the Canadian field party. He was assisted by his son, Charles Junior (1885-1981). They arrived in Alberta in July 1912. Charles Junior found a complete duck- billed dinosaur the following month. This dinosaur became Canada's first mounted skeleton, and the species was eventually named Edmontosaurus. Barnum Brown's team and the Sternberg family became friendly competitors. Both made exciting finds. Among Brown's finest discoveries were the duck-billed dinosaur Corythosaurus, and a Monoclonius skeleton complete with tongue bones. The Sternberg family's most spectacular find was a flesh-eater named Gorgosaurus, now believed to be the skeleton of an Albertosaurus. DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK Many years later, the Red Deer River area became Dinosaur Provincial Park in recognition of its importance as a fossil site. In 1979, the United Nations designated the area a World Heritage Site, ranking it in importance alongside the Egyptian pyramids and the Galapagos Islands.
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