CFDC Executive Director Peter Cantelon and Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, responsible for Canada Post pose with the newly unveiled Mosasaur stamp t the Royal Ontario Museum

Canada Post is bringing to life five prehistoric animals which once roamed the country, including right here in the Pembina Valley.
    
They announced today a new 3-d like designed stamp issue, which will be titled 'Dinos Of Canada'
    
The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Morden is again in the spot light thanks to this new collection, because the image on one of these stamps will be the Tylosaurus Pembinensis, or better known in this area as Bruce the Mosasaur.
    
CFDC Executive Director Peter Cantelon says they are simply speechless at the beauty of these stamps and are so happy Bruce was selected for this honour.

"To have Bruce involved in all this and have the CFDC involved in all this is affirming in the direction we've been taking. It's a huge honour to be ranked with the other leading museums of paleontology in the country. We're all just speechless."
    
Canada Post President and CEO Deepak Chopra says Canadians young and old marvel at these wonders of nature and will be intrigued to discover in these stamps fascinating clues to the lives these dinosaurs lived.
    
The full list of animals depicted in these stamps include:

Tylosaurus Pembinensis, a giant sea-dwelling reptile that could open its jaws wide like a snake and swallow large prey. It patrolled the inland sea that divided North America 80 million years ago. A skeleton displayed at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Modern, Man. is the largest Mosasaur skeleton on exhibit in the world. Nicknamed “Bruce,” the centre refers to it as “the T. rex of the sea.”

Chasmosaurus belli, a relative of the famous Triceratops. Its large frill was supported by a bony framework that was likely used for display, not defence. A baby Chasmosaurus was recently found in Dinosaur Provincial Park. It was less than three years old when it died.

Tyrannosaurus rex, the “tyrant king” of dinosaurs. High school teacher Robert Gebhardt discovered one of the largest and most complete skeletons of its kind in Saskatchewan in 1991. The skeleton has been nicknamed “Scotty.”

Ornithomimus edmontonicus, now known to have sported long arm feathers. It used its speed to outrun predators and to hunt for prey, which included small lizards and mammals.

Euoplocephalus tutus, an herb-eater that was known for its spiky, plated armour. Its complex and unusual series of nasal passages may have warmed inhaled air, improved the animal’s sense of smell or helped it vocalize.

The 'Bruce' stamp