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http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/05/27...nds-in-decades

You have to smile, when the greatest fossil discovery in recent Calgary history comes at the end of a backhoe operated by a man known as the greatest promoter of creationism in Alberta.

His name is Edgar Nernberg, and when he’s not sitting on the board of directors of Big Valley’s Creationist Museum or actively lobbying for the inclusion of creationism in Alberta’s school curriculum, Nernberg operates a backhoe in Calgary.

It was in the seat of that machine that Nernberg made the discovery being hailed by scientists in Alberta as one of the most important fossil finds in decades, helping to solve an evolutionary puzzle dating back 60 million years.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...burb-1.3090047

A school of fossilized fish estimated to be 60 million years old was discovered in the basement of a new development
in northwest Calgary.

University of Calgary paleontologist Darla Zelenitsky is calling the discovery very important.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/s...ind/?tid=sm_fb

Canadian Edgar Nernberg isn't into the whole evolution thing. In fact, he's on the board of directors of Big Valley’s Creation Science Museum, a place meant to rival local scientific institutions. Adhering to the most extreme form of religious creationism, the exhibits "prove" that the Earth is only around 6,000 years old, and that humans and dinosaurs co-existed.

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“No, it hasn’t changed my mind. We all have the same evidence, and it’s just a matter of how you interpret it,” Nernberg told the Calgary Sun. “There’s no dates stamped on these things."

(Sun Article again)

“The rocks under Calgary are about 60 million years old so they are younger than the rocks we find in Drumheller, where we find dinosaurs,” said Zelenitsky.

“It’s really uncommon, and these are complete fossil fish — and it’s not very often we come across complete fossils in the Calgary area. I only know of a couple of occurrences in the past few decades, actually.”

Not surprisingly, Nernberg says he’d love to get one of the fish for the Creation Museum collection, and he’s asked for a cast of what he’s calling the discovery of a lifetime.

“If I had my druthers, I’d want them in the (Creationist) museum. This is certainly the coolest thing I’ve found over the years,” said Nernberg.