Fossil T. rex tooth beside lens cap.

On August 16, 1991, then high school teacher, Robert Gebhardt from Eastend joined RSM palaeontologists on a prospecting expedition to the exposed bedrock along the Frenchman River Valley to learn how fossils are found and identified in the field. Within a half a day, he discovered the base of a heavily worn tooth, and a vertebra from the tail, both suggesting that they belonged to a T. rex.

In June 1994, RSM palaeontologists began excavating the T. rex, one of the largest known carnivorous dinosaurs. Over 6000 people visited Scotty's excavation site during 1994.

The 65 million year old skeleton was the first T. rex skeleton found in Saskatchewan and one of only twelve known in the world at the time. As the individual bones are removed from the rock in the RSM labs, Scotty is providing new information both about T. rex and about prehistoric Saskatchewan.

"Scotty's Skull: New Glimpses of T. rex and its World" exhibit.

The world's largest known carnivore coprolite.

This large carnivore coprolite (fossilized poop) was discovered in 1995 near Eastend. The rare carnivore coprolite, likely to be from a T. rex, helps increase our understanding of the diet and feeding behavior of carnivorous dinosaurs. For more information, check out the story on the World's Most Famous Dung.

The RSM Fossil Research Station opened on May 30th, 2000 in the T.rex Discovery Centre in Eastend, SK.

T.rex Discovery Centre in Eastend, SK.

 RSM Fossil Research Station lab at the T.rex Discovery Centre in Eastend, SK.

From this Centre, RSM palaeontologists continue to prospect for and excavate fossils in the Eastend area as well as elsewhere in the province. In addition to seeing Scotty and other important fossil finds at the Centre, visitors can watch technicians carefully remove fossils from their plaster jackets and prepare them for study, casting and mounting.