TUMBLER RIDGE -- A Peace Region local has made an extraordinary discovery in the Peace Region: a new dinosaur trackway.
To protect the integrity of the site, Sheldon Marion didn’t reveal the exact location of these findings. However, paleontologists from the Royal BC Museum have confirmed the authenticity of his discovery.
Marion led a team to the site, which is now believed to contain tracks from several different dinosaurs, birds, and possibly even mammals.
The find also includes fossilized seeds linked to the tracks, further adding to its significance. As a result, Marion’s name will be added to the museum archives in recognition of his contribution.
The revelations were made in an episode of the oil and gas operator’s podcast and subsequent YouTube channel ‘Buick Outdoors.’
The Royal BC Museum has stated that ongoing research is being conducted to verify the legitimacy of these findings, ensuring that this discovery is thoroughly documented and understood.
This isn’t the first time paleontologists have discovered two fossil specimens in the Peace Region. In 2014, tracks were found in on the slope of the valley of Ninesting Creek, which flows into the Wolverine River.
Scientists identified an “unusual assemblage” of three distinct track types, which are around 112 million years old. One of the track types is from a four-toed, bipedal dinosaur called an oviraptorosaur, which was a theropod the size of an emu or an ostrich.
Another set is from a large three-toed bird, and are the largest bird tracks from the Mesozoic Era found in North America and among the largest in the world from this time period.
