Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Taking a 92-million-old bite into history

Crocodile Big Bert on display at the Moose Jaw WDM

At the official opening of Big Bert, a 92-million-year-old
Terminonaris crocodile found along the banks of
Carrot River in the Pasquia Hills in east-central
Saskatchewan, people examine the Royal Saskatchewan
Museum's travelling exhibit at the Moose Jaw
Western Development Museum on Oct. 22, 2013.
It will be on display until March 2014.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


Big Bert is the most complete skeleton of its kind in the world.

Measuring 20 feet in length, the 92-million-year-old Terminonaris crocodile skeleton was first discovered in 1991 along the banks of Carrot River in the Pasquia Hills in east-central Saskatchewan.

Now, for the first time as a travelling exhibit, the display from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM) in Regina is on display at the Western Development Museum (WDM) in Moose Jaw until March 2014. The official opening ceremony took place on Tuesday.

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