Students at the University of Alberta have voted to name an ancient plesiosaur after the health officer that’s leading the province through the COVID-19 crisis.
The massive fossil cast hanging in the Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science will now be known as Dr. Deeno Hinshaw.
Indiana Bones was another close contender for the nine-metre long marine creature’s name. But that lost out to a name paying homage to Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw.
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The plesiosaur originally lived in the Cretacious period. But these days it watches over people doing Starbucks runs below, according to a video statement from the Faculty of Science.
Other university faculties congratulated the gigantic reptile on its new name. The naming contest was organized by the U of A Palaeontological Society.
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