Monday, July 24, 2006

The Scabby Butte

Photo © M. Ryan
Back in the '50's Wann Langston, Jr. collected Pachyrhinosaurus material from a bone bed at Scabby Butte (above) north of Lethbridge, Alberta. Last week David Evans and I revisited the site trying to relocate the quarry. It appears that the original site has been lost to erosion and slumping but we did find a few bones (below) weathering out in the same region.

Photo © M. Ryan
A large ceratopsid dentary with my boot for scale.

Photo © M. Ryan
A small (juvenile) hadrosaur pubis.