14 DAY TRIAL // Some people keep going on and on about how no good can come out of building oil pipelines, but, as it turns out, this is not entirely true. This past Tuesday, workers laboring on an oil pipeline in Alberta, Canada stumbled upon the fossilized remains of a dinosaur.
The fossils were found at a depth of about 1.5 meters (about 5 feet), in the Saddle Hills area southwest of Spirit River, information shared with the public says.
Apparently, the workers who found them accidentally chipped off the tip of the dinosaur's tail before realizing what they were dealing with. However, once they realized what they had just discovered, they ceased all activity and informed local authorities and specialists about their find.
By Wednesday, paleontologists and several other researchers were already present at the site, CBC reports. All it took was one quick glance at the massive dinosaur fossil, and they proudly announced that this discovery was one of the most impressive finds made in a fairly long time.
Thus, preliminary investigations have revealed that, contrary to expectations, this massive dinosaur fossil is pretty much intact, the same source tells us.
This means that, unlike many other dinosaur skeletons that have been unearthed in various parts of the world over the years, the one found in Alberta is not broken down into a myriad of bits and pieces.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that the dinosaur unearthed in Alberta measured about 30 meters (100 feet) from head to tail.
According to The Edmonton Journal, the dinosaur is believed to be a hadrosaur, i.e. a herbivorous species that thrived in present-day Europe, Asia and North America during the Upper Cretaceous Period.
The fossilized remains are to be carefully dug out over the following weeks. Once they pull them out of the ground, researchers will get the chance to have a closer look at them.
Hopefully, specialists will be able to determine how old they are, and maybe even explain how and why this dinosaur died.