I have been collecting and studying fossils since I was old enough to trip over them, however it was not until the late 80's that I had the opportunity to do it seriously. In 1989 I moved to Empress, Alberta as a store manager with the Alberta Liquor Control Board. While living there I discovered that the South Saskatchewan River was an ideal place to search for fossils.

The image on the right shows several bones that I found protruding from the hillside. Staff from the Royal Tyrrell Museum initially identified them as the lower leg bones of a "Duck Billed" dinosaur. Later after the museum excavated the site it was discovered that they were Humeri ( upper arm bones ). The excavation revealed a small bone bed containing the scattered remains of several dinosaur types, including the ubiquitous "Duck Bills", Ceratopsian ( "Horned Dinosaurs" ) and small "Theropods" ( meat eaters ). Officially the location is identified as TMP1991.079 and further information can be found here: HeRMIS

The image on the left shows another site I found in the same prospecting day. The photo shows the remains of another Hadrosaur ( "Duck Bill" ) this time it is the bones of the feet and tail that are exposed. Later excavation by the museum revealed the articulated skeleton of a juvenile "Kritosaurus" including the skull which provided most of the identifiable features.

The skeleton was mostly complete except for some of the smaller bones of the feet which had eroded out of the hillside, and the ends of the upper arms which were not well preserved. This site turned out to be a dream come true for myself, and is the most important and productive fossil location that I have discovered to date. The location is identified as TMP1991.081 and further information can be found here: HeRMIS

Please keep in mind as you browse the Palaeontology pages on this website, that I am not a professional Palaeontologist nor have I had extensive training in the field. Everything I know about the subject comes from reference material and from talking with museum staff and professional Biologists, Geologists, and Palaeontologists. Any comments or explanations that I may give for fossils or fossil locations, should not be considered to be scientifically accurate.

If you have any comments or suggestions concerning my collection or pages, please feel free to email me: shaftsbury@aledeon.net .

Barry