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Jonathon Naylor Editor Some ancient visitors could be headed to Flin Flon. The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre hopes to bring a traveling exhibit of marine reptile fossils to the community this summer. Though neither a time frame nor a location have been finalized, centre volunteer Ted Nelson is hoping the display will have 'an extended visit.' 'This was discussed with both Mayor (George) Fontaine and MLA (Clarence) Pettersen and they both thought it probably would be well received,' said Nelson in an e-mail. Nelson added that several teachers from the Flin Flon area have visited the centre, located in Morden, Man., and participated in its educational programming. Display The centre had a display at the Manitoba Mining and Minerals Convention in Winnipeg this past November. Mayor Fontaine and MLA Pettersen enjoyed the display, which included the skull of 'Susie,' an ancient marine reptile known as a mosasaur. Mosasaurs _ described as the T. rex of the ocean _ swam in the Western Interior Seaway, which covered Manitoba over 80 million years ago. When the full mount of Susie is complete, it will be about 39 feet long. See 'Susie...' on pg. 6 Continued from pg. 1 Susie and thousands of other fossils were discovered in the Morden and Miami area of southern Manitoba. Today the centre houses the largest collection of marine reptile fossils in Canada, including a 43-foot long mosasaur named 'Bruce', the largest mosasaur in the country. Housed in the Access Event Centre in Morden, the centre is working toward building a new state-of-the-art facility in the Manitoba Escarpment. 'Scotty' Several summers ago, the Creighton Sportex hosted a remarkable fossil in the skull of 'Scotty,' Canada's most complete Tyrannosaurus rex. Scotty was discovered in 1991 near the town of Eastend in southwestern Saskatchewan. Though he travels the road, Scotty's permanent home is Eastend's T. rex Discovery Centre, billed as 'a centre of excellence for scientific research and education as well as a leading tourist attraction for the province of Saskatchewan.'
