Imagine you are working in the sewers of Edmonton and you discover a dinosaur tooth. That is what happened to a pair of sewer workers last week. They discovered a tooth 70 to 72 millions years old. Now that is a discovery!
Ryley Paul and Aaron Krywiak were jackhammering their way through a sewer, 30 metres below an Edmonton street when they unearthed a well-preserved tooth.
"I was pretty surprised. I heard from other people working here 30 years that they have never found anything," said Mr. Krywiak, 21, a member of Edmonton's drainage crew. Perhaps, he was being more careful or it was an accident that he didn't pulverize the tooth. What a wonderful find.
Donald Brinkman, director of preservation and research with the Royal Tyrrell Museum, said that while it is not uncommon to find dinosaur fossils in the Edmonton area, bones are not usually found nine storeys below a city street.
Both Mr. Paul and Mr. Krywiak are going to continue working but very carefully. Hopefully, they will find more evidence of life from over 70 million years ago!
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