Chasing Dinosaurs in British Columbia with Dr. Victoria Arbour
Freshly back From the Field, Join Dr. Victoria Arbour, curator of paleontology at the Royal BC Museum, for a look at what she and her team discovered this past summer in northern BC!
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This Week in History- Researchers Seek Answers for Dinosaur Extra Toes
Researchers are studying a dinosaur footprint fossil with four toe-prints instead of the typical three. The preserved track was found in northeast B.C. and researchers at the Royal BC Museum want to know what made the unusual footprint.
The fossilized prints were from a theropod dinosaur, which usually walk upright on their back legs. Theropods typically leave three-toed impressions in footprint fossils, but a track found near Hudson’s Hope clearly shows four toes.
Season 12, Episode 9 (Jan 2024)
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This Week in History - Did meat-eating dinosaurs have lips?
A group of scientists believe meat-eating dinosaurs, like T-Rex, may not have had the menacing smile depicted in most movies like Jurassic Park.
Derek Larson, collections manager and researcher for paleontology at the Royal BC Museum, believes meat-eating dinos had lips which covered their teeth.
Season 12, Episode 6 (Nov. 2023)
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Live at Lunch: A peek into the palaeontology preparation lab
Join University of Victoria student Andrea Valcourt in the palaeontology preparation lab to see what it takes to prepare fossils for research, collections and exhibits.
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Chasing Dinosaurs in British Columbia with Dr Victoria Arbour
Freshly back From the Field, Join Dr. Victoria Arbour, curator of paleontology at the Royal BC Museum, for a look at what she and her team discovered this past summer in northern BC!
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Paleontology Field Work
Follow Dr. Victoria Arbour and the Paleontology team as they search for dinosaur bones in British Columbia. These clips are from the new travelling exhibitions produced by the Royal BC Museum - Dinosaurs of BC
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Live at Lunch: Dinosaurs of BC
Curator of paleontology, Dr. Victoria Arbour will share some of the exciting stories of discovery behind our new feature exhibition, Dinosaurs of BC. Hear about her fieldwork plans for this upcoming season and what she hopes to find next.
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Mountain Dinosaur of BC
Learn about Ferrisaurus adaptations in this animated video created for grades K to 1.
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Travelling Dinosaur Exhibit
This week we take a look at the rich fossil record present in BC, and how it is informing a new travelling exhibit. One that includes a life-size dinosaur model.
This Week In History - Season 10 Episode 19. Feb 23, 2022
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Finding Fossils in the Field
You’ll hear a bit of wind at the beginning of this video. Think of it as a dramatic sound backdrop as Dr. Victoria Arbour, Jaclyn Richmond, and Dr. Thomas Cullen discover dinosaur fossils in Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park.
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This Week in History - Season 8 Episode 12: A New Dinosaur for BC
Almost 50 years ago, a geologist working on a railroad in northern BC noticed something unusual in the rocks—what turned out to be a mysterious claw. He had discovered one of the first and most complete skeletons of a dinosaur found in BC. Decades later, an undergraduate student in palaeontology named Victoria Arbour studied the mountain dinosaur of BC bones. Today, both the palaeontologist and the dinosaur—nicknamed “Buster”—are at the Royal BC Museum. Dr. Arbour is now the museum’s curator of palaeontology.
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DinoTrails Season 2 - Episode 2 - The McAbee Fossil Beds Heritage Site
Dr. Arbour talks about Buster and other British Columbian dinosaur discoveries in this episode of Dino Trails focusing on BC fossils.
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Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants - Dr Victoria Arbour
Discover the world of Dinosaurs in BC with Dr. Victoria Arbour, Curator of Paleontology at the Royal BC Museum, as she guides you through the new gallery. This was a partnered livestream event with Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants from Sept 2019.
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The Journey of a Fossil
In 2017, curator of palaeontology Dr. Victoria Arbour and her team discovered a fossil of the Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), a tree which lived alongside dinosaurs 67 million years ago. How did this fossil become part of the Royal BC Museum collections? Join educator Jenny Arnold and palaeontology collections assistant Jaclyn Richmond as they explore the journey of a fossil.
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