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  2. Dinosaur Provincial Park - Wikipedia

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    Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated 220 kilometres (137 mi) east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; or 48 kilometres (30 mi) northeast of Brooks.. The park is situated in the Red Deer River valley, which is noted for its striking badland topography, and abundance of dinosaur fossils.

  3. Dinosaur Park Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Dinosaur Park Formation is the uppermost member of the Belly River Group (also known as the Judith River Group), a major geologic unit in southern Alberta.It was deposited during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, between about 76.5 and 74.4 million years ago. [3]

  4. List of World Heritage Sites in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Dinosaur Provincial Park: Alberta: 1979 71; vii, viii (natural) The area is a practically undisturbed semi-arid steppe with badlands topography. Fossils of more than 44 species, 34 genera, and 10 families of dinosaurs have been discovered in the park, representing every known group of Cretaceous dinosaurs. More than 150 complete skeletons have ...

  5. Oldman Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Oldman Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Cretaceous (Campanian stage) age that underlies much of southern Alberta, Canada.It consists primarily of sandstones that were deposited in fluvial channel and floodplain environments.

  6. List of provincial parks in Alberta - Wikipedia

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    Ma-Me-O Beach Provincial Park County of Wetaskiwin No. 10: 1950s-60s 1980s-90s Given to the Summer Village of Ma-Me-O Beach Hommey Provincial Park County of Grande Prairie No. 1: 1930s 1980s-90s Given to the county Saskatoon Mountain Provincial Park County of Grande Prairie No. 1: 1930s 1950s Given to the county Blue Bridge Provincial Park

  7. Centrosaurus - Wikipedia

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    A specimen of Centrosaurus apertus recovered from Dinosaur Provincial Park in 1989 was discovered to have crippling osteosarcoma in its right fibula. Examination of the cancerous lesions in the bone suggest the cancer had reached an aggressive stage. The cancer would have resulted in a severe limp that would have made the ceratopsian more ...

  8. List of fossil parks - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre, Saskatchewan; Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta; Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, British Columbia; Yoho National Park (Burgess Shale) UNESCO site, British Columbia

  9. Hilda mega-bonebed - Wikipedia

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    The Hilda mega-bonebed lies within the bottom 25 m of the Dinosaur Park Formation. [5] Eberth, Brinkman and Barkas estimated that in the Hilda area, the Dinosaur Park Formation was almost 60 m thick between the over- and under-lying formations, but glacial activity and slumping had removed all but 43 m of this at the field site. [19]

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