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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SPP Ottawa, post: 1867556, member: 39508&quot;]This series is not about mainstream or popular dinosaurs. It is about the linkage of the chosen animals to Canada. It looks like the Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller had a significant role in the design of these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai</i> was discovered in Alberta near Grande Prairie, and is the second species of pachyrhinosaur. (A third species was recently discovered in Alaska in 2013).</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Quetzalcoatlus</i> - I am not sure of the linkage to Canada, but it has been portrayed (not sure if entirely accurate) that this dinosaur had the ability to locate urine by ultraviolet&nbsp; vision - perhaps that is the linkage to this glow-in-the-dark coin?</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Tylosaurus Pembinensis</i> - I believe an example of this fossil was uncovered by oil sand mining not that long ago, and it has been an area of research (along with other inland sea dinosaurs of the Cretaceous) of the Tyrrell Museum for some time.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Tiktaalik</i> - definitely a Canadian connection there. This one is representative of the evolutionary transition from fish to amphibians.&nbsp; Fossils of this species are a recent discovery, they were found in 2004 on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut. Tiktaalik is an Inuktitut (Inuit) word meaning &quot;burbot&quot;, a freshwater fish related to cod.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want mainstream dinosaurs, I recommend watching Jurassic Park and its sequels... </p><p><br /></p><p>It will be some time, before anything cool is made into a coin from the newest Burgess Shale fossil discoveries.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/new-fossil-bed-found-by-scientists-hailed-as-motherlode-1.2531990" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/new-fossil-bed-found-by-scientists-hailed-as-motherlode-1.2531990" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/new-fossil-bed-found-by-scientists-hailed-as-motherlode-1.2531990</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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