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

Juvenile Hip Block

In working on the hip section, the preparator removes a small, loose section.
She strengthens the center of the bone and will work on cleaning the outside before re-attaching it.

Time Lapse

A photograph every ten minutes shows how slowly progress goes...


Removing sandstone.	Ready....GO!	10 minutes

20 minutes	30 minutes	40 minutes

50 minutes	60 minutes

If you're having trouble seeing the difference between the photos, you're not alone! A look through the microscope shows why...
Usually the bone is whitish and the sandstone matrix is reddish, but not always...

Sometimes, the bone and the sandstone both take on a mustard yellow color, and even the textures of the bone and sand begin to look alike.
It becomes tricky for even a trained eye to tell the difference!

Renovating the Lab

In an on-going effort to take better care of the collection, Project Prosauropod are painting drawers for new cabinets. The wooden drawers slowly let off gases that would eventually damage the bones. Latex paint seals the gases inside so they can't harm the bones.

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.