HUDSON'S HOPE -- The location of a new dinosaur trackway discovered in the Peace Region has been revealed.
The tracks are located along an embankment near Carbon Creek, approximately 56 kilometres from Hudson’s Hope. They were found by Sheldon Marion, who made the discovery in late August, disclosing the historic find on his YouTube Channel, ‘Buick Outdoors.’
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 tracks were first spotted 20 years ago but were never confirmed as a dinosaur trackway, low water levels further revealing the findings.
Marion says he is now working with the District of Hudson’s Hope and Saulteau First Nations to further preserve the site for visitors.
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.
