Royal B.C. Museum paleontologists discover fossil ‘trove’ [Video]

Paleontologists from the Royal B.C. Museum have uncovered “a trove of extraordinary fossils” high in the mountains of northern B.C., the museum announced Thursday.

The fossils were found in Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park, at an altitude of roughly 2,000 metres.

Located in the Skeena Mountains, the park is roughly 500 kilometres north of Smithers and is best accessed by float plane, according to BC Parks.

Over the last three years, researchers – who accessed the fossil site by helicopter – have discovered “an array of well-preserved remains from various dinosaur species,” the museum said in a news release.

More than 90 fossils have been discovered, including teeth from a relative of Tyrannosaurus rex, bones from at least one large herbivore, teeth from a relative of Triceratops, and the foot of a small meat-eater.

The fossils are estimated to be 66 to 68 million years old and come from a …