Provincial Fossil Online Vote Now Open!

Released on April 11, 2016

“It is great that the RSM has been able to facilitate province-wide engagement for this fun and exciting process,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Mark Docherty said.  “Not only will citizens help select a new emblem to represent our province, they will also discover many interesting facts about our palaeontological history.”

1. “Mo” the Ponteix Long-necked Plesiosaur, a giant marine reptile that lived 78 million years ago when the province was a shallow inland sea.
2. “Scotty” the Tyrannosaurus rex, found near Eastend in 1991, is one of the largest T. rex specimens ever found.
3. “Kyle Mammoth”, a 12,000 year-old giant elephant-like Woolly Mammoth, was found in the 1960s.
4. The Herschel Short-necked Plesiosaur, a marine reptile, is a one-of-a-kind specimen.
5. The Brontothere, found in the Cypress Hills near Eastend, is a rhino-like mammal from 35 million years ago.
6. “Big Bert”, the most complete and best-preserved specimen of this 92 million year-old crocodile was discovered along the bank of the Carrot River in 1991.
7. Thescelosaur, a species unique to Saskatchewan, is a plant-eating dinosaur known from the Frenchman River Valley where it was first discovered in 1968.