This week’s Fossil Friday is the preserved cast of a late Cretaceous crayfish, Eryma ornatus, found in Southern Alberta.
It was found by Lawrence Halmrast and is APS 1990.011. Photo credit Howard Allen.
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Alberta Palaeontological Society
Another video from Paleo 2026 has been posted! Dr. Jon Noad explains different often-overlooked trace fossils and uses comparison with living traces to show how these fossils are more numerous than we think.
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This week’s Fossil Friday is a Saurornitholestes tooth from the Dinosaur Park Formation. Saurornitholestes was closely related to Velociraptor, and the serrations on this tooth helped it cut into the flesh of its prey.
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Another video posted! This time it's Dr. Leslie Eliuk discussing Canadian fossil reefs which you can reach by car.
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This was the main presentation at our May 8 monthly meeting. These meetings are free and open to the public!
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This week’s Fossil Friday is a Late Cretaceous sea star from Alberta (APS 1987.038). It was found in the Cardium Formation, which formed along the shallow margin of the Western Interior Seaway.
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The penultimate video from Paleo 2026 is now posted! Kano Sasaguchi explains how a new imaging method, Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), provides new insights into insect fossils!
youtu.be/Aj2-o8gBzVY
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Our last monthly meeting before summer break is this Friday! We'll be learning about easily accessible fossil reef locations with Dr. Leslie Eliuk.
Friday, May 8, 7:30 - 9pm @ Mount Royal University, Calgary
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Happy Fossil Friday! This fossil is the feeding appendage of Anomalocaris canadensis, and was found at the Mt. Stephen trilobite beds in Yoho National Park.
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The final video of Paleo 2026 has been posted! Dr. Emily Bamforth presents the history of Triceratops and how Canadian specimens have been vital in learning about them!
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This week’s Fossil Friday is a tooth of Sandalodus, a Carboniferous shark. This animal was swimming in the tropical seas that covered Alberta roughly 350 million years ago.
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