<P> The museum is named in honour of Joseph Burr Tyrrell , a geologist who accidentally discovered the first reported dinosaur fossil in the Red Deer River valley in 1884 while searching for coal seams . The carnivorous dinosaur was later named Albertosaurus sarcophagus . The museum opened September 25 , 1985 and was given `` Royal '' status in 1990 . </P>
<P> The museum is named in honour of Joseph Burr Tyrrell , a geologist who accidentally discovered the first reported dinosaur fossil in the Red Deer River valley in 1884 while searching for coal seams . The carnivorous dinosaur was later named Albertosaurus sarcophagus . The museum opened September 25 , 1985 and was given `` Royal '' status in 1990 . </P>
who is the royal tyrrell museum named after
who is the royal tyrrell museum named after
Joseph Burr Tyrrell
Joseph Burr Tyrrell