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Although the Pacific Museum of the Earth would not exist in its current form without the support of the University of British Columbia, we would not exist at all without the generous support of a number of private individuals.
Ross Beaty
The University of British Columbia
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia
The Friends of the Pacific Museum of the Earth
Ross Beaty
The University of British Columbia
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of
British Columbia
The Friends of the Pacific Museum of the Earth
Ross Beaty
The University of British Columbia
The Friends of the Pacific Museum of the Earth
Ross Beaty
The University of British Columbia
The Friends of the Pacific Museum of the Earth
Ross Beaty
The University of British Columbia
Lee Groat
The Friends of the Pacific Museum of the Earth
Ross Beaty
The University of British Columbia
Lee Groat
The Friends of the Pacific Museum of the Earth
Ross Beaty
The University of British Columbia
Lee Groat
The Friends of the Pacific Museum of the Earth
Our first featured exhibit is our Lambeousaurus skeleton. Vertebrate
fossils are extremely rare in British Columbia. Only a few are known,
and none are part of a complete skeleton. Our neighbouring province of
Alberta, however, is rich in fossils, including dinosaurs. This
specimen was found and excavated in Alberta by Charles H. Sternberg and
his sons. It was prepared at the National Museum of Canada and
presented to UBC in 1950.
Lambeosaurs are a type of duckbilled dinosaurs. Duckbills are also
called hadrosaurs. Hadrosaurs were the most common large herbivores in
many North American Late Cretaceous ecosystems. The Lambeosaurs are
characterized by the fact that their crests are hollow. The purpose of
the crest is still in dispute; evidence exists for theories as wide
ranging as the ideas that it was for sexual display or that it was used
as a resonating chamber to make low-frequency calls.
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