{"id":55,"date":"2020-08-14T11:09:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T17:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2026-03-20T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:20:00","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Pal\u00e6ontology at the U of A"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Brief History as it pertains to the Discovery, Collection, & Preparation<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1920<\/span><\/td>\nDr. John Allan hires pal\u00e6ontologist George F. Sternberg to prepare fossils<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1920<\/span><\/td>\nAspideretoides allani<\/i> (UALVP 1) found by George F. Sternberg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1920<\/span><\/td>\nCorythosaurus excavates<\/i> (UALVP 13\u2013 holotype) found by George F. Sternberg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1920<\/span><\/td>\nChasmosaurus russelli<\/i> (UALVP 40 \u2013 holotype) found by George F. Sternberg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1921<\/span><\/td>\nFirst field season conducted under U of A banner<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1921<\/span><\/td>\nStegoceras validum<\/i> (UALVP 2) most complete specimen to date found by George F. Sternberg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1921<\/span><\/td>\nEuoplocephalus tutus<\/i> (UALVP 31) found by George F. Sternberg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1921<\/span><\/td>\nGorgosaurus libratus<\/i> (UALVP 10) found by George F. Sternberg & John Allan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1921<\/span><\/td>\nCentrosaurus sp.<\/i> (UALVP 41) found by George F. Sternberg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1922<\/span><\/td>\nGeorge F. Sternberg leaves U of A for ?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/span><\/td>\nDr. Richard C. Fox appointed as Assistant Professor of Geology and Zoology<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/span><\/td>\nDr. Richard C. Fox hires Allan Lindoe to prepare fossils<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/span><\/td>\nCentrosaurus apertus<\/1> found by Allan Lindoe, N. Graham, & Richard Fox and <\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/span><\/td>\nCorythosaurus intermedius<\/i> \u201cBarney\u201d (UALVP 52826) is found by Allan Lindoe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/span><\/td>\nDr. Michael Caldwell joins University of Alberta<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/span><\/td>\nDrs. Philip J. Currie & Eva B. Koppelhus move from Tyrrell Museum to University of Alberta<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/span><\/td>\nEvening volunteer preparation program initiated by Drs. Philip J. Currie and Eva B. Koppelhus<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/span><\/td>\nPhilip J. Currie hires Clive Coy as Chief Technician<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cDanek Bonebed\u201d chosen as site for PALEO 400 Field School<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/span><\/td>\nGorgosaurus libratus<\/i> (UALVP 49500) found by Philip Bell<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/span><\/td>\nChasmosaurus belli<\/i> \u201cBaby\u201d (UALVP 52613) found by Clive Coy, et. al.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/span><\/td>\nGorgosaurus sp.<\/i> (UALVP 52981) found by Clive Coy, et. al.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/span><\/td>\nVolunteer program expands to include Daytime Lab under supervision of Clive Coy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/span><\/td>\nChasmosaurus belli<\/i> \u201cBaby\u201d (UALVP 52613) preparation completed<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/span><\/td>\nSaurornitholestes langstoni<\/i> \u201cHavoc\u201d (UALVP 55700) found by Clive Coy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/span><\/td>\nStyracosaurus albertensis<\/i> \u201cHanna\u201d (UALVP 55900) found by Amanda Persons<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/span><\/td>\nSaurornitholestes langstoni<\/i> \u201cHavoc\u201d (UALVP 55700) preparation completed<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/span><\/td>\nGorgosaurus sp.<\/i> (UALVP 52981) preparation completed<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/span><\/td>\nStyracosaurus albertensis<\/i> \u201cHanna\u201d (UALVP 55900) skull preparation completed, remainder of post-crania still being prepared.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/span><\/td>\nDino Lab \/ U of A Paleontology Centennial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/span><\/td>\nEvening Dino Lab & most of Dinosaur Pal\u00e6ontology moves to new location on 4th floor of Microbiology wing<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Today<\/span><\/td>\nVolunteers continue preparing hundreds of specimens per year.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Have we missed something you think should be here?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Contact Howard Gibbins (gibbins@ualberta.ca<\/a>) and let us know.<\/span><\/p>\n

Page last updated on 2026-03-20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Brief History as it pertains to the Discovery, Collection, & Preparation 1920 Dr. John Allan hires pal\u00e6ontologist George F. Sternberg to prepare fossils 1920 Aspideretoides allani (UALVP 1) found by George F. Sternberg 1920 Corythosaurus excavates (UALVP 13\u2013 holotype) found by George F. Sternberg 1920 Chasmosaurus russelli (UALVP 40 \u2013 holotype) found by George […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}