- Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum
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Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum Established 1997 Location Warner, Alberta, Canada, Type Paleontology Website http://www.devilscoulee.com Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum, located in Warner, Alberta, Canada, is a key historic site in southern Alberta.[1] In 1997, ten fossilized dinosaur eggs, believed to have come from a Hadrosaur, specifically a Hypacrosaurus were found at Devil's Coulee site. ref>"Fossilized Dinosaur Eggs Found by Paleontologist". The Buffalo News. 1997-08-12. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF9A54EC29D949&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-08-05.</ref> These were not the first fossils to be found in what was often called the Fossil Coulee region of the province and as a result the town of Warner established the museum to help interpret the story.[2]
Affiliations
The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.
References
- ^ Jeffery, Yvonne (2008-07-19). "History Alive, Within Reach". The Calgary Herald. http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/travel/story.html?id=89007091-ff70-4acb-ae82-7bc2cd5aa5e1. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ Acorn, John (2007). Deep Alberta. University of Alberta. pp. 49. ISBN 0888644817. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=FX7toAVTaVYC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=%22Devil%27s+Coulee+Dinosaur+Heritage+Museum%22&ots=AGPUqWy9pF&sig=NwNEjjRy30TE7aHAMwbBcoAKwi0#PPA49,M1.
External links
Coordinates: 49°16′56″N 112°12′13″W / 49.2822°N 112.2036°W
Categories:- Warner County, Alberta
- Museums in Alberta
- Natural history museums in Canada
- Dinosaur museums
- Alberta building and structure stubs
- Canada museum stubs
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