Beautiful Nodosaurid Fossil

[suspsy]

https://mobile.twitter.com/holland_tom/status/600776458630406145/photo/1

Just look at how well preserved the armour is!

[Balaur]

Wow! That's really beautiful!

[Yutyrannus]

That is amazing! I hope it will be published soon .

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Lol at being preserved in granite, obvious typo there....gorgeous specimen though....imagine working on something like that everyday for seven years

[Tyto_Theropod]

Wow! I looks almost alive!

[MLMjp]

Wow ...just wow!
The preservation is unbeliable

[Doug Watson]

Wow, I'd love to take a shot at that! Did anyone else notice the little white model in the photo?. It looks like Sauropelta but I don't recognize it.

Here is an article from Suncor, the mining company that found it, there are some other shots of the fossil.
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2012/70121hill/ndx_hill.pdf

[Halichoeres]

Wow, I'd love to take a shot at that! Did anyone else notice the little white model in the photo?. It looks like Sauropelta but I don't recognize it.

Please do take a shot at it!

[Doug Watson]

Wow, I'd love to take a shot at that! Did anyone else notice the little white model in the photo?. It looks like Sauropelta but I don't recognize it.

Please do take a shot at it!

My fear is it may end up looking too much like Sauropelta.
Here is another shot from the Royal Tyrrell Museum Twitter feed.

https://twitter.com/RoyalTyrrell

[Doug Watson]

Lol at being preserved in granite, obvious typo there....gorgeous specimen though....imagine working on something like that everyday for seven years

Probably ironstone I remember Clayton Kennedy at CMN preparing a specimen from Alberta that was the same, a very soft fossil in "hard as granite" ironstone. It took forever. I am amazed at the minuscule detail that Mark Mitchell is preserving.

[Gwangi]

Beautiful preservation, it's difficult to believe it's millions of years old. Really give you a sense of what these animals looked like.

[Takama]

Wow, I'd love to take a shot at that! Did anyone else notice the little white model in the photo?. It looks like Sauropelta but I don't recognize it.

Please do take a shot at it!

My fear is it may end up looking too much like Sauropelta.
Here is another shot from the Royal Tyrrell Museum Twitter feed.

https://twitter.com/RoyalTyrrell

Is this the model you speak of ?    To be honest, It looks diffrent enough from Sauropelta

[Doug Watson]

Is this the model you speak of ?    To be honest, It looks diffrent enough from Sauropelta

No I was talking about white model to the right of the fossil in the image from the first link that suspsy provided.

[Takama]

This one?


Well is does have a similar look. But wouldn't the length of the spikes be different enough?

[Zelan]

I got the chance to see that specimen up close when I visited the Royal Tyrrell Museum this summer, it is pretty amazing

Here are some of the shots I took of it.

[Mamasaurus]

Wow, that specimen is truly beautiful. I am always amazed how an animal that walked this earth millions of years ago can leave something of itself behind like this.   

[Doug Watson]

This one?
Well is does have a similar look. But wouldn't the length of the spikes be different enough?

Yes and I think the model is of Sauropelta not a restoration of this specimen. The new dinosaur has more pointed dorsal spikes on top of its neck. Those aren't shown on the model, I think they were just using the model to illustrate what the overall dinosaur might look like. As far as it not being different enough from what I am seeing in shape of head, arrangement of scutes etc it would have to be more significantly different from the neck back for me to recommend.

[Doug Watson]

I got the chance to see that specimen up close when I visited the Royal Tyrrell Museum this summer, it is pretty amazing

Here are some of the shots I took of it.

Remarkable, thank you for sharing.

[suspsy]

So is this a new species?

[amargasaurus cazaui]

I do not know for sure if it is a new species but it is not Sauropelta . Much of the problem is the closest relatives to Sauropelta we have are not known from much for remains. (Silvisaurus,Pawpawsaurus) This could possibly be one or the other rather than Sauropelta, and as such not a new species entirely, but one that is not well known from decent remains.