{"title":"Dinosaurs \u0026 Pre-historic Creatures","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"2009-4-dinosaur-collection-tyrannosaurus-rex","title":"2009 1\/2oz $4 DINOSAUR COLLECTION - TYRANNOSAURUS REX","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2009 $4 Dinosaur Collection 4 Coin Series - Tyrannosaurus Rex (3nd coin in series) (TAX Exempt)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIt is a discovery that sends hearts pounding and opens a window to the mystifying world of dinosaurs. Their fossilized bones testify to the massive beasts that once ruled the earth but disappeared suddenly 65 million years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the time of these great beasts, a great inland sea covered much of western Canada and the area now known as Alberta and Saskatchewan was a lush subtropical shore and home to over 35 dinosaur species. As these animals died, the evolving landscape covered their bones with centuries of mud and sand only to be revealed when the glaciers from the last Ice Age scraped away the top layers of rock and exposed bits of fossilized bone. Discoveredby palaeontologists in the late 1800's, they inspired generations of dinosaur hunters and established Canada as one of the richest sources of Late Cretaceous fossils on earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTyrannosaurus rex was one of several large carnivore (tyrannosaur) species that lived in Alberta, appearing shortly before the mysterious mass extinction. Its name means \"tyrant lizard\" and there is no doubt it still rules today as the most popularized image of these prehistoric animals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mighty Tyrannosaurus rex measured up to 12 m (39 ft) from head to tail. 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In what would prove a significant discovery, Lakusta located the dinosaurs in a rich bed of prehistoric bones at Pipestone Creek, Alberta. The bonebed is perched on the steep wall of a valley carved through bedrock, exposing strata of the Wapiti Formation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When the area was finally excavated in 1986, paleontologists from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta, were amazed to find an enormous wealth of bones. Some areas of the site averaged 100 bones per square meter.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai herd that these researchers ultimately uncovered is a species of ceratopsid (or horned dinosaur) from North America's Late Cretaceous period. These formidable beasts were up to 8 metres (26 feet) long and weighed up to four tons. The most distinctive feature of this amazing beast is its massive head, which is dominated by large bony structures called 'bosses' above the nose and eyes (Pachyrhinosaurus means 'thick-nosed lizard') and a hefty frill of bone on the back of its skull festooned with small horns.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e While their substantial armour of facial and cranial bone suggests a menacing nature, Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai was actually a herbivore that survived on tough, fibrous plants.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Item number: 118274\u003cbr\u003e Face Value: 25 cents\u003cbr\u003e Mintage: 25,000\u003cbr\u003e Composition: Cupronickel\u003cbr\u003e Diameter (mm): 35\u003cbr\u003e Edge: Plain\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSpecial Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -New series of four coins! 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Other coins to be issued include 2009 Tyrannosaurus rex and 2010 Dromaeosaurus. A selective finish has been applied to the reverse of the coin to give its design an aged appearance. Variations in tone and colour are a direct result of this process. No two coins will be alike. Designs approved by the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePackaging:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Coin encapsulated and presented in a maroon clamshell case lined with flock and protected by a black sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Edmonton Coin \u0026 Stamp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51175865385092,"sku":"888213","price":109.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/3447\/8468\/files\/P1000240__83427.1366049618.1280.1280.jpg?v=1759512842"},{"product_id":"2013-25-cent-glow-in-the-dark-coloured-coin-prehistoric-animals-quetzalcoatlus-dinosaur","title":"2013 25-CENT GLOW IN THE DARK COLOURED COIN - PREHISTORIC ANIMALS - QUETZALCOATLUS DINOSAUR","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore than 66 million years ago, a shallow inland sea known as the Western Interior Seaway covered the centre of the North American continent, stretching from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. 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This pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period was a large, lightweight reptile with a long, stiff neck, a sharp bill, and a wingspan of up to 10 metres (33 feet).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Quetzalcoatlus dinosaur coin is the second in a 4-coin Prehistoric Creature glow-in-the-dark (photo-luminescent) series!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSpecial features:\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e• For best effect, place the coin in sunlight, fluorescent, or incandescent light for 30 – 60 seconds then bring the coin into the dark to reveal the skeleton of the dinosaur! \u003cbr\u003e • Turn off the lights and discover the Quetzalcoatlus's glowing skeleton!\u003cbr\u003e • Photo-luminescent effect will not wear!\u003cbr\u003e • Limited to 30,000 coins worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e • Designs approved by the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDesign:\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eYour coin was designed by artist Julius Csotonyi, and this stunning painted coin illustrates palaeontologists' rendition of what Quetzalcoatlus probably looked like—and when the coin is removed from natural light, the prehistoric creature's skeleton is revealed. 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The reverse image by Canadian artist Julius Csotonyi features an interpretation of what Bathygnathus borealis may have looked like. The scientific accuracy of the depiction was verified by palaeontologists of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eViewed from its front left side, Bathygnathus borealis appears to approach the viewer, displaying the large, powerful, tooth-filled maxilla whose discovery first brought Bathygnathus borealis into the limelight. Depicted here as similar to Dimetrodon, we see the mammal-like reptile’s powerful, low-slung body. Its muscular, claw-tipped front limbs bow slightly to the sides of its squat body, its front left claw raised as it walks forward. Its hind left leg is similarly bowed and its hind right foot is just visible beneath the low belly, raised in unison with the front left limb in a lizard-like walking motion. The animal’s long tail curves behind it, toward the left side of the image. 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At the time, dinosaurs were known from incomplete skeletons in Europe but almost solely from footprints in North America, which led to this early misidentification. It wasn’t until 1905 that the bone was correctly identified as part of the upper jaw of a sphenacodontid, a family of “pelycosaur-grade” mammal-like reptiles or synapsids, animals that lived from the Late Pennsylvanian to middle Permian ages. Based on similarities of the jaw bones, experts now believe that the specimen could actually belong to the sail-back Dimetrodon or a similar animal, although fossil evidence of a sail has yet to be found. 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Centered within a raised circular frame, the daunting beast slithers across the field of the coin, head and massive jaw in the foreground, front flippers and left hind flipper extended, and massive propellant tail arched in the background. The huge mouth is open to reveal dozens of sharp, powerful teeth. 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This Western Interior Seaway teemed with strange and amazing beasts. The king of these wonders was the mosasaur Tylosaurus—a superpredator that was one of the most massive creatures ever to live in the sea. This creature, which is not a dinosaur, is closely related to snakes and Komodo dragons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eDistinguished by its long, knob-like snout (Tylosaurus means “knob lizard”), this killing machine was equipped with two sets of teeth–one set in its jaw and one on its palate—and a “double-jointed” jaw that gave it an extra-large bite. It would propel its 13-metre (43-foot) body through the water with the undulations of its crescent-shaped tail and four flippers. 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Then in 1988, vertebrate palaeontologist Dr. Elizabeth Nicholls of Alberta’s Royal Tyrell Museum named the creature Hainosaurus pembinensis, now renamed Tylosaurus pembinensis, for the Manitoba rock formation in which it was discovered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThis Canadian Tylosaurus, who became known around the world as “Bruce,” was approximately 13 metres (43 feet) long. Excavators were able to uncover about 70% of its original bones, making for a relatively complete skeleton. 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Although footprints left by dinosaurs are commonly preserved there, fossil bones are extremely rare and generally fragmentary. Among these specimens are isolated teeth providing strong evidence for the presence of a small bipedal ornithischian dinosaur during the Early Jurassic. Because the teeth of all known primitive herbivorous, “bird-hipped” dinosaurs look very similar, it is difficult to identify the exact species, or reconstruct what the animal looked like, based on teeth alone. However, similar-aged fossils found elsewhere in the world can shed light on the identity of the Nova Scotian ornithischian. Very few Early Jurassic ornithischians are known around the world, the best-known being Lesothosaurus from South Africa and Scutellosaurus from Arizona. Because Scutellosaurus is the only small ornithischian known from the Early Jurassic of North America, palaeontologists can hypothesize that the Nova Scotia teeth may have belonged to Scutellosaurus. However, they must remain open to the possibility that the teeth could be from a different animal. Since all of the continents were still connected during the Early Jurassic, dinosaurs were free to roam and it is possible that animal species from Africa could also have been present on the landmass that now forms Nova Scotia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated as “little shield lizard,” Scutellosaurus was named by American palaeontologist Edwin H. Colbert in 1981. The Early Jurassic herbivore reached 1.2 m in length, had an extremely long tail, and was covered by hundreds of small pieces of bony armor (called scutes) along its neck, back, and tail. Its forelimbs and hands were relatively long, suggesting that it was probably able to alternate between a bipedal and quadrupedal stance. Unlike more advanced ornithischians, the teeth of Scutellosaurus were positioned near the edge of the jaws, indicating that it lacked well-developed cheeks to keep food in its mouth while chewing. 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