"Largest dinosaur graveyard found near Hilda, Alberta."
Who would have ever guessed that Hilda's claim to fame might be from an era 76 million years ago! It is doubtful that Charlotte and Reinholdt Gomke realized the archeological treasures that lay beneath the very land that they were farming. According the the article below, "Scientists in Alberta have discovered the largest dinosaur bonebed ever documented--along with evidence of massive carnage--near Hilda, 50 kms north of Medicine Hat". It is believed that tropical storms flooded the area and caused great herds of land-dwelling dinosaurs to perish. Well...the tropical part is a bit hard to imagine, but certainly not the flooding!
The Centrosaurus (along with other horned dinosaurs), believed to have lived in the Hilda area at one time.
http://news.ca.msn.com/local/calgary/article.aspx?cp-documentid=24612294
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