
It’s been 37 years since an elasmosaur was discovered in the Puntledge River. Today, there are over a dozen different genera and several species of elasmosaurs found worldwide, and the Comox Valley elasmosaur is now considered a completely new genus and species among them.
A new scientific paper has been written by elasmosaur specialists Dr. Frank Robin O’Keefe from Marshall University in West Virginia, with help from his colleagues. Following peer review, the same elasmosaur that has recently become the provincial fossil of BC will have its own scientific name. Stay tuned for future announcements!