Canadian dinosaurs · Drawing 25 of 32
An Ancient Landscape
Alberta · About 75 million years ago
Imagine a green plain beside a shallow sea. Rivers crossed this region, which looked very different from the land we see today.
Did you know?
This part of Alberta then had a subtropical climate.
Look together
Where could the water flow?
An idea to try
Add a coloured path to follow the river.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Rocks in Dinosaur Provincial Park preserve evidence of an ancient coastal plain. River sediments helped bury animal and plant remains. The present badlands landscape results from a much more recent history of erosion.
Look together: Where could the water flow? Add a coloured path to follow the river.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
An imagined landscape informed by Alberta’s ancient environments. It does not reproduce a specific place or every species that lived there.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. Source titles appear in their original language; some linked pages are in French.
- Parks Canada: Dinosaur Provincial ParkSee the scene’s factual text and editorial source notes.
Source review: 2026-10-02. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
