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The '''Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre''', formerly known as the Morden and District Museum, is located in [[Morden, Manitoba]] in the lower level of the [[Access Events Centre]]. The [[museum]] currently houses the largest collection of marine [[reptile]] [[fossil]]s in Canada.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.discoverfossils.com/history.html | title=History | publisher=www.discoverfossils.com | accessdate=2013-09-24 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829092722/http://www.discoverfossils.com/history.html | archivedate=2013-08-29 | df= }}</ref> (Janzic and Hatcher 2008; Nicholls 1988) |
The '''Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre''', formerly known as the Morden and District Museum, is located in [[Morden, Manitoba]] in the lower level of the [[Access Events Centre]]. The [[museum]] currently houses the largest collection of marine [[reptile]] [[fossil]]s in Canada.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.discoverfossils.com/history.html | title=History | publisher=www.discoverfossils.com | accessdate=2013-09-24 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829092722/http://www.discoverfossils.com/history.html | archivedate=2013-08-29 | df= }}</ref> (Janzic and Hatcher 2008; Nicholls 1988) |
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The Discovery Centre also houses numerous specimens of the Cretaceous squid ''[[Tusoteuthis longa]]''; these specimens represent the northern most known occurrence of these molluscs in the Cretaceous seas of [[North America]]. (Nicholls and Isaak, 1987). |
The Discovery Centre also houses numerous specimens of the Cretaceous squid ''[[Tusoteuthis longa]]''; these specimens represent the northern most known occurrence of these molluscs in the Cretaceous seas of [[North America]]. (Nicholls and Isaak, 1987). |
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The centre houses the world's largest publicly exhibited [[mosasaur]] of the species ''[[Tylosaurus|Tylosaurus pembinensis]]'', Bruce. Bruce received a Guinness World Record in on August 22, 2014 and was featured in the 2015 Guinness Book of World Records.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/118041-largest-mosasaur-on-display|title=Largest mosasaur on display|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=2018-04-29|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/11/13/bruce-a-manitoba-mosasaur-swims-into-guinness-record-book.html|title=Bruce, a Manitoba mosasaur, swims into Guinness record book {{!}} The Star|work=thestar.com|access-date=2018-04-29|language=en}}</ref> |
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==Programs== |
==Programs== |
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The Discovery Centre offers school programs, guided tours, summer day camps, paleo tours, fossil dig programs and much more. The museum has a large database of research information pertaining to the fossil collection from the Late [[Cretaceous Period]]. |
The Discovery Centre offers school programs, guided tours, summer day camps, paleo tours, fossil dig programs and much more. The museum has a large database of research information pertaining to the fossil collection from the Late [[Cretaceous Period]]. |
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The prized specimen is a 43-foot (13 m) long mosasaur fossil, the |
The prized specimen is Bruce, a 43-foot (13 m) long mosasaur fossil, the largest publicly displayed mosasaur in the world. |
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Fossil dig programs continue each summer from May to |
Fossil dig programs continue each summer from May to Octoberalong the Manitoba Escarpment. A short necked [[plesiosaur]] specimen 26 feet (7.9 m) long was excavated in 2004/5, and the former executive director Anita Janzic has published two scientific abstracts on the specimen and its stomach contents. (Janzic 2007; Janzic 2006) |
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==Plans== |
==Plans== |
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The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre is in the early fundraising stages to build a new museum |
The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre is in the early fundraising stages to build a new museum. |
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Details of the entire fossil collection |
Details of the entire fossil collection have been digitized and uploaded to the internet in a groundbreaking move to provide access to the fossil collection to paleontology researchers and students worldwide. Other projects include a series of 4 education kits for grades K - 12, which will bring the museum content and subject matter into the Manitoba school curriculum. |
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==Multimedia== |
==Multimedia== |
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The film producer, David Rabinovitch of Fleetwood Films has produced a 4 minute introductory film, a 20 minute educational film and is working to secure funding to produce a documentary film. The film will include the story of how 'Bruce' the huge mosasaur on display in the museum gallery was discovered on the Manitoba Escarpment, was then excavated and brought to the |
The film producer, David Rabinovitch of Fleetwood Films has produced a 4 minute introductory film, a 20 minute educational film and is working to secure funding to produce a documentary film. The film will include the story of how 'Bruce' the huge mosasaur on display in the museum gallery was discovered on the Manitoba Escarpment, was then excavated and brought to the City of [[Morden, Manitoba|Morden]]; and how this started the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre back in 1971. |
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==Research== |
==Research== |
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The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre hosts the bi-annual Manitoba Paleontology Symposium to help facilitate awareness of this research and the overall advancement of paleontological research within the province and throughout the various communities of Canadian paleontology. |
The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre hosts the bi-annual Manitoba Paleontology Symposium to help facilitate awareness of this research and the overall advancement of paleontological research within the province and throughout the various communities of Canadian paleontology. |
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In 2016 Keiichi Aotsuka announced the discovery of a new species of marine bird from the collection of the centre named ''[[Hesperornis]] lumgairi''. <ref>{{Cite journal|date=2016-08-01|title=Hesperornithiformes (Aves: Ornithurae) from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale, Southern Manitoba, Canada|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667116300337|journal=Cretaceous Research|language=en|volume=63|pages=154–169|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.03.003|issn=0195-6671}}</ref> |
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==Honours== |
==Honours== |
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The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre was given the status of a “'''Manitoba Star Attraction'''” in 2005 by the province of Manitoba.{{ |
The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre was given the status of a “'''Manitoba Star Attraction'''” in 2005 by the province of Manitoba.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelmanitoba.com/things-to-do/star-attractions/|title=Highlight destinations in Manitoba - Star Attractions|website=www.travelmanitoba.com|language=en-us|access-date=2018-04-29}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In late 2014 the Guinness World Records awarded the museum with a record for Largest Publicly Displayed Mosasaur - Bruce. The record was added to the 2016 print edition of the Guinness World Records.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/118041-largest-mosasaur-on-display|title=Largest mosasaur on display|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=2018-04-29|language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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In 2015 [[Canada Post]] released a stamp based on the museum's Bruce Mosasaur as part of a five stamp Dino Series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadapost.ca/web/en/blogs/consumer/details.page?article=2015/05/28/dinos_of_canada_stam&cattype=Consumer&cat=mailandmore|title=Dinos of Canada stamps: Uncovering the stories|last=Post|first=Canada|website=www.canadapost.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-04-29}}</ref> |
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In 2015 the centre was instrumental in establishing the mosasaur as the official fossil emblem of the province of Manitoba. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/technology-video/manitoba-chooses-ancient-sea-creature-mosasaur-as-provinces-fossil-emblem/article31578160/|title=Science |
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In 2016 the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre became the seventh Signature Museum in the province of [[Manitoba]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://manitobasignaturemuseums.ca/|title=Manitoba Signature Museums|website=manitobasignaturemuseums.ca|language=en-CA|access-date=2018-04-29}}</ref> |
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In 2015 Canada Post released a stamp based on the museum's Bruce Mosasaur as part of a five stamp Dino Series. |
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==Affiliations== |
==Affiliations== |
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==Management Staff== |
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Peter Cantelon, executive director; |
Peter Cantelon, executive director; |
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Trevor Fehr, administrator; |
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Victoria Markstrom, palaeontologist, field & collection manager |
Victoria Markstrom, palaeontologist, field & collection manager |
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| Established | 1971 |
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| Location | Morden, Manitoba, Canada |
| Type | history museum |
| Director | Peter Cantelon |
| Curator | Victoria Markstrom |
| Website | www.discoverfossils.com |
The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, formerly known as the Morden and District Museum, is located in Morden, Manitoba in the lower level of the Access Events Centre. The museum currently houses the largest collection of marine reptile fossils in Canada.[1] (Janzic and Hatcher 2008; Nicholls 1988)
Collections
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Field excavations occur along the Manitoba Escarpment area of the Pembina Hills in the Red River Valley. Most fossils that are collected are from the Pembina and Millwood Members of the Pierre Shale.
The Discovery Centre also houses numerous specimens of the Cretaceous squid Tusoteuthis longa; these specimens represent the northern most known occurrence of these molluscs in the Cretaceous seas of North America. (Nicholls and Isaak, 1987).
The centre houses the world's largest publicly exhibited mosasaur of the species Tylosaurus pembinensis, Bruce. Bruce received a Guinness World Record in on August 22, 2014 and was featured in the 2015 Guinness Book of World Records.[2][3]
Programs
The Discovery Centre offers school programs, guided tours, summer day camps, paleo tours, fossil dig programs and much more. The museum has a large database of research information pertaining to the fossil collection from the Late Cretaceous Period.
The prized specimen is Bruce, a 43-foot (13 m) long mosasaur fossil, the largest publicly displayed mosasaur in the world.
Fossil dig programs continue each summer from May to Octoberalong the Manitoba Escarpment. A short necked plesiosaur specimen 26 feet (7.9 m) long was excavated in 2004/5, and the former executive director Anita Janzic has published two scientific abstracts on the specimen and its stomach contents. (Janzic 2007; Janzic 2006)
Plans
The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre is in the early fundraising stages to build a new museum.
Details of the entire fossil collection have been digitized and uploaded to the internet in a groundbreaking move to provide access to the fossil collection to paleontology researchers and students worldwide. Other projects include a series of 4 education kits for grades K - 12, which will bring the museum content and subject matter into the Manitoba school curriculum.
Multimedia
The film producer, David Rabinovitch of Fleetwood Films has produced a 4 minute introductory film, a 20 minute educational film and is working to secure funding to produce a documentary film. The film will include the story of how 'Bruce' the huge mosasaur on display in the museum gallery was discovered on the Manitoba Escarpment, was then excavated and brought to the City of Morden; and how this started the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre back in 1971.
Research
Scientific research is at an all-time high in the museum departments of vertebrate paleontology and geology. Current research is focused on marine paleoecology of the Western Interior Seaway, stomach contents of plesiosaurs, stratigraphic cartography and the use of ArcGIS along with geochemical analysis of the bentonite stringers located in the upland region of Pembina Mountain. Visiting researchers from Japan, China, England and the United States are also assisting us with various other research endeavors relating to the marine waters of the Late Cretaceous Period in Manitoba.
The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre hosts the bi-annual Manitoba Paleontology Symposium to help facilitate awareness of this research and the overall advancement of paleontological research within the province and throughout the various communities of Canadian paleontology.
In 2016 Keiichi Aotsuka announced the discovery of a new species of marine bird from the collection of the centre named Hesperornis lumgairi. [4]
Honours
The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre was given the status of a “Manitoba Star Attraction” in 2005 by the province of Manitoba.[5]
In late 2014 the Guinness World Records awarded the museum with a record for Largest Publicly Displayed Mosasaur - Bruce. The record was added to the 2016 print edition of the Guinness World Records.[6]
In 2015 Canada Post released a stamp based on the museum's Bruce Mosasaur as part of a five stamp Dino Series.[7]
In 2015 the centre was instrumental in establishing the mosasaur as the official fossil emblem of the province of Manitoba. [8]
In 2016 the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre became the seventh Signature Museum in the province of Manitoba. [9]
Affiliations
The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.
Management Staff
Peter Cantelon, executive director; Victoria Markstrom, palaeontologist, field & collection manager
References
- ^ "History". www.discoverfossils.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Largest mosasaur on display". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Bruce, a Manitoba mosasaur, swims into Guinness record book | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Hesperornithiformes (Aves: Ornithurae) from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale, Southern Manitoba, Canada". Cretaceous Research. 63: 154–169. 2016-08-01. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.03.003. ISSN 0195-6671.
- ^ "Highlight destinations in Manitoba - Star Attractions". www.travelmanitoba.com. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Largest mosasaur on display". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ Post, Canada. "Dinos of Canada stamps: Uncovering the stories". www.canadapost.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Science Ancient sea creature Mosasaur chosen as Manitoba's fossil emblem Add to ..." Retrieved 2018-04-29.
{{cite news}}: line feed character in|title=at position 8 (help) - ^ "Manitoba Signature Museums". manitobasignaturemuseums.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- Hatcher, J., A. Janzic, and K. Aotsuka. 2008. Preliminary Report on the Taphonomy of a new Multi-Species Death Assemblage in the Pierre Shale Formation, Southern Manitoba. Canadian Paleontology Conference, Proceedings No. 6, Winnipeg, MB, pp. 29–33.
- Janzic, A. and J. Hatcher. 2008. Late Cretaceous Marine Reptile Fossils of the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre. Alberta Palaeontological Society, Twelfth Annual Symposium, Abstracts Volume, p. 28. Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta.
- Janzic, A. 2007. A New Short-Necked Plesiosaur from the Pierre Shale Formation of Manitoba. Abstracts and Field Manual, Manitoba Paleontology Seminar, p. ii.
- Janzic, A. 2006. A Preliminary Analysis of Stomach Contents from a new Polycotylid Plesiosaur. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26 (Supplement to No. 3), p. 81A.
- Nicholls, E.L. 1988. Marine Vertebrates of the Pembina Member of the Pierre Shale (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Manitoba and their Significance to the Biogeography of the Western Interior Seaway. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Calgary, 317 p.
- Nicholls, E.L. and H. Isaak. 1987. Stratigraphic and Taxonomic Significance of Tusoteuthis longa Logan (Coleoidea, Teuthida) from the Pembina Member, Pierre Shale (Campanian), of Manitoba. Journal of Paleontology, 61(4): 727-737.