Canadian dinosaurs · Drawing 29 of 32
Meet Scotty
Saskatchewan · Discovered in 1991
Scotty is the nickname of a large fossil Tyrannosaurus. Specialists worked patiently to free its bones from very hard rock.
Did you know?
Scotty’s preparation was completed in 2014.
Look together
Why is gentle work important?
An idea to try
Make an imaginary fossil from modelling clay and study its details.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Scotty was discovered in 1991 in Saskatchewan’s Frenchman River Valley. Work to free its bones continued for more than twenty years. About 65% of the skeleton was recovered, so a mounted skeleton can include reconstructed parts.
Look together: Why is gentle work important? Make an imaginary fossil from modelling clay and study its details.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
A simplified educational scene. The people, their appearance and their positions are imagined; this is not a portrait or an exact reconstruction of the excavation.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. Source titles appear in their original language; some linked pages are in French.
- Royal Saskatchewan Museum: Scotty the T. rexSee the scene’s factual text and editorial source notes.
Source review: 2026-10-02. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
