Cool to see! Iworked at the project for 2 years.

very good discovery at suncor energy oil pit can you imagine a dinosaur fossil good job paleontologist team and suncor energy team together.

I’m a big nerd for this kind of stuff and I think this is so cool

It would have been prevented if they had used a platform, but that would have been harder to slide under. Anyway, the rock was too fragile, and they probably weren't aware of that, had it been solid, it would have worked. At least the person didn't completely shovel the dinosaur to pieces.

lolol its almost as though when they reclaimed it and put everything back together... its actually better for the environment lolololol. oh thats right... because it is, they removed all the toxic sludge and nasty sand that used to be under the ground from billions of years worth of nature burring it there. this is the sort of media you fine people need to be circulating more to the general public, there is alot of misinformation out there regarding the oil and gas sector. if you spent a few million dollars airing this is a tv commercial, it could save you billions of dollars later in reducing pressure from fairly uneducated politicians(AKA "not" scientists) trying to tax your corporation to death. optics people... optics.

It is so painful to see that the rock shattered and the dinosaur broken up into several chunks.

So sad it broke! I enjoyed the video, thank you.

That transporting rig look like it separated. Did it break? That was odd seeing the beam move horizontally rather then just vertically straight up.

Thank You Suncor for caring!

They broke the dinosaur 💀

If it lived so long ago, why was it found so shallow in the earth?

Good to see science and industry work together

Wondered why they didn't immedately try to locate the rest of the rear & tail portion since it was noticed while scraping off the side. Must have recently taken off that portion and sent it somewhere.

I salute all those stockholders who have shared their budget over this company for its full operation. It's 100% pro-people and environment. This project had help the nations economic growth and the people back to work. Canada will now be the champion of sustainable Employment, Development and Oil Producing Country.

12:10 Why they lift it on two lose pieces of wood instead of nailing them together for a stronger rigid base?

How could you say it's Alberta history? It's far more grand than that. Alberta, and SUncor are lucky to have been a part of this find, and actual midwives to it's delivery... but this is of significance to the EARTH'S history; and important to ALL humankind.

I'm here after reading this NatGeo article! www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/06/dinosaur-nodosaur-fossil-discovery/ It's amazing it took 7 years to restore this specimen! Great job!

Possibly Clint, but I feel there is both a statistical and paleontologist precedent for such a possibility (other animal remains). The amazing finds in Alaska in the 20th century are just one example. Clearly washed away in a torrential flood, there are literally hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of fragments piled together. We can always equivocate about precise conditions, but the end game here is to see if there are any other remains available. I just hope there is a trained observer on site to explore this possibility. There is a possibility (ok not probability) that other material could yet be recovered. Also, there is the potential for botanical remains and stratification studies, lots of potential.

Why on earth would they try moving it on a platform that could shift like that? Were any experts consulted whatsoever? This couldn't possibly have been an engineered approach.

that's pretty neat

I have often thought of the vast amount of fossils that MUST be present in mines, be it coal or stone, gold.. Whatever... But it seems no one takes the time to see them as usually it is all about production and the machines just blow straight through them all.

today, im from NatGeo video, its really been 7 years old video , 7 year to piece it together for exhibition .... the end product is just wow

12:20 RIP

This was very informative

The splitting was easily predictable and preventable. A rigid frame should have been built around the specimen to lift it.

This might not be an isolated incident. What if this dinosaur was just one of many who were washed out during a floor. It is unlikely only one animal was captured by the flood.

Also prehistoric frenchs were able to carry giant stone without breaking it, just by rolling them on the ground... Why americans dont call for civilised nations to help them with physics, like they done for nuclear or spatial research, when they recruited German engineers...

That hurt watching it break

thats so depressing that it broke omg but the turn out was still so amazing

Thank you Suncor and Suncor employees!

Great video, thanks

hmm ive herd of a theory that anklosaurs could swim like hippos