‘Dinosaur Mummy’ Emerges From the Oil Sands of Alberta<br />By CRAIG S. SMITHMAY 12, 2017<br />The animal probably died as it lived — defying predators with its heavy armor<br />and size — and after 110 million years, its face remains frozen in a ferocious reptilian glare.<br />Don Brinkman said that It’s basically a dinosaur mummy — it really is exceptional,<br />The dinosaur, with fossilized skin and gut contents intact, came from the Millennium<br />Mine six years ago in the oil sands of northern Alberta, once a seabed.<br />Dr. Brinkman said the museum was careful not to inhibit industrial activity when retrieving fossils so<br />that excavators weren’t afraid to call when they found something.<br />That sea was full of life, teeming with giant reptiles<br />that grew as long as 60 feet, while its shores were traversed by massive dinosaurs for millions of years.<br />Brinkman said that The shovel operator at the mine saw a block with a funny pattern and got in touch with a geologist,
