Trove of dinosaur fossils found high in B.C. mountains

<p><pre><code> She said finding dinosaur fossils at a high elevation — in this case, 2,000 metres above sea level — is unusual because it means they would have been living there. </code></pre> No indication of geological age, but presumably more than 65mya, so maybe it wasn’t that elevation when they were left there?

Most fossils we know about come from wetland and marine environments. It&#x27;s extremely rare to find things for mountains and jungles. Fossils require quick deposition and the right conditions... Exciting stuff.

It&#x27;s really interesting to have so many fossils close to the surface, especially in an area with a considerable amount of seismic activity. I always thought earthquakes &amp; the such would serve to disperse fossils rather than pool so many together.

TIL: &quot;B.C&quot; stands for British Columbia, which despite the name, is neither part of Britain nor near Columbia, but in Canada.

My grandfather told me about this yesterday. He said something along the lines that they needed helicopters to get where they are to retrieve them.<p>To which I said: this is the most important discovery about dinosaurs, who would’ve thought they had helicopters!<p>Didn’t quite land like I had hoped. My transition to Full Dad is complete.

Does anyone know what it might be? When I was a child I would go fishing in this one spot. And somehow come across or split one of the stones. And inside was a worm like imprint, and I later split a few stones and found more. This was close to Toronto.

Of course they were high, it&#x27;s British Columbia.

What were they smoking?