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New research by an international team including paleontologists at the University of Alberta and the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum has revealed evidence that juvenile tyrannosaurs were more trim and slender-bodied than their multi-tonne elders, a difference that may have helped them pursue fast-moving prey.
“The results suggest that as some tyrannosaurs grew older and heavier, their feet also became comparably more bulky,” said Nathan Enriquez, lead author on the study and a PhD student at the University of New England (UNE) in Armidale, Australia.
The researchers analyzed a collection of fossil tyrannosaur footprints to learn more about how the huge carnivorous dinosaurs moved and how their feet were shaped. The study was a collaboration between UNE, the University of Bologna, Alberta-based Cutbank Palaeontological Consulting, the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum and the University of Alberta, including co-author Corwin Sullivan, associate professor in the Department
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Grande Prairie City Council adopted a new list of advocacy priorities at Monday afternoon’s council meeting.
One item on the advocacy list is the new hospital, Interim Mayor Jackie Clayton hopeing Alberta Health Services will have the facility fully operational by the fall.
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“Having that hospital fully staffed is a huge economic driver, and we (city council) encourage Alberta Health Services to continue to utilize and continue to work towards filling that hospital and utilizing it to its full potential,” Clayton said. “The transition with existing staff is great, but we do want to see the facility utilized to its maximum capacity and therefore bring more people to the region.”