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, Global News, April 11, 2016It may be a tough choice between a T. Rex, a woolly mammoth or an ancient crocodile. Saskatchewan is voting to see which fossil it thinks best represents the province.
Until April 25, people can cast their vote online at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM) website. Voting can also be done in person at the museum.
The new provincial fossil will be announced in May.
All seven candidates represent fossils unearthed in Saskatchewan areas such as Eastend, Herschel, Carrot River, Kyle and Ponteix.
The candidates are as follows:
- “Mo” the Ponteix Long-necked Plesiosaur, a giant marine reptile;
- “Scotty” the Tyrannosaurus rex;
- “Kyle Mammoth”, a 12,000-year-old woolly mammoth;
- The Herschel Short-necked Plesiosaur, a marine reptile;
- The Brontothere, a rhino-like mammal;
- “Big Bert”, a 92 million year-old crocodile;
- Thescelosaur, a plant-eating dinosaur.