Collections
Field excavations occur along the Manitoba Escarpment area of the Pembina Hills in the Red River Valley. Most fossils that are collected are from the Pembina and Millwood Members of the Pierre Shale. In the summer of 2009, field staff were working on the multi-species death assemblage. This last summer (2010) has been filled with many new discoveries, including the "Xiphactinus Kill Zone," which received international press. Preparation will be underway this winter to try to have the specimens up on display for next summer.
The Discovery Centre also houses numerous specimens of the Cretaceous squid Tusoteuthis longa; these specimens represent the northern most known occurrence of these molluscs in the Cretaceous seas of North America. (Nicholls and Isaak, 1987).
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