About the Author

Rolf Ludvigsen was a geology professor at the University of Toronto for twelve years, then moved to Denman Island, BC. He is an adjunct professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at University of Victoria, a consulting paleontologist, and the founding chair of the British Columbia Paleontological Alliance. Graham Beard, who has collected fossils for thirty years, runs the Vancouver Island Paleontological Museum in Qualicum Beach.