The PRPRC is the only facility in British Columbia dedicated to vertebrate palaeontology and is recognized nationally and internationally. While all the paleontological finds are of local and regional importance, many are of national importance and some are of international importance. Examples of the latter include the only known example of tyrannosaurid trackways, the unique features associated with the excavation of British Columbia’s first articulated dinosaur (many shed juvenile tyrannosaur teeth suggesting herd scavenging behaviour), dinosaur trackways of Turonian age, one of the largest collections of Triassic fish and marine reptiles, and the only three known examples of a new subfamily of coelacanth.

The PRPRC includes in its collections specimens from the wider region and from other parts of the province. These include data from the internationally significant Kakwa dinosaur footprint site, and a replica of the only three sauropod trackways in Canada.

The biggest marine reptiles in the world (above) are to be found north of the Geopark, and plans call for these to be excavated and removed to Tumbler Ridge, where they will be exhibited. Such exhibits, although from just outside the Geopark boundaries, will add to the international reputation and importance of the exhibits within the Dinosaur Discovery Gallery.

An abundance of paleontological phenomena form the basis for the ongoing research by our scientists, leading to many of our exhibits and programs. Cretaceous dinosaur tracks (many of which are of global significance), a Cretaceous dinosaur bonebed with unusual features, and Triassic fishes and marine reptiles are of particular importance and abundance.  The cornerstone of this research is the The Peace Region Palaeontology Research Centre operating out of the Tumbler Ridge Dinosaur Discovery Gallery.

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