On the main floor of the Earth Sciences building at the University of Calgary, across from the Gallagher Library, sits an empty display case. Currently wrapped in brown paper adorned with claw marks, it promises that something big is coming.
That something is a 3D-printed replica of a Thanatotheristes skull, along with a landscape illustration by paleo artist Julius Csotonyi.
The "Reaper of Death" was just the fifth species of tyrannosaur from Canada to be named and the first in 50 years. The display will stand as a celebration of just one of the many dinosaur discoveries made by UCalgary researchers.
Deeper still in Earth Sciences is a lab strewn with dinosaur skulls, fossils and replicas. It's a space one could find Jurassic Park's Alan Grant or Ellie Sattler at home in.
The lab belongs to Dr. Darla Zelenitsky, MSc'95, PhD'04, an associate professor in the Faculty of Science's Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment.
