It’s a dinosaur that roamed Alberta’s badlands more than 70 million years ago, sporting a big, bumpy, bony head the size of a baby elephant. On Wednesday, paleontologists near Grande Prairie pulled its 272-kilogram skull from the ground.

The adult Pachyrhinosaurus is the second plant-eating dinosaur to be unearthed from a dense bonebed belonging to a herd that died together on the edge of a valley that now sits 450 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. It didn’t die alone.

Aptly named "Big Sam" has a skull that weighs in at 272 kilograms and is the size of a baby elephant.{ai:summary}<p>Paleontologists in Alberta have discovered a 272-kilogram skull from a more than 70-million-year-old dinosaur named “Big Sam,” a Pachyrhinosaurus. This specimen is part of a herd that lived and died together, indicating significant social behavior among these dinosaurs.</p><p>The finding adds to the understanding of dinosaur diversity and social structures. #science</p>

Paleontologists unearth giant skull of Pachyrhinosaurus in Alberta

Loading...