Ferocious-looking new marine reptile fossil discovered in BC, named for man who discovered it

Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would live on.

Now it has been confirmed that the ferocious-looking marine reptile he found with his then 12-year-old daughter on Vancouver Island 37 years ago is a new species — and an entirely new genus.

Trask died on May 15, eight days before the publication of the peer-reviewed findings in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology about Traskasaura sandrae, the creature named in his honour.

Kylie Stanton has more on how his family made sure he knew their name would be immortalized.

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