The Humboldt and District Museum is showcasing an interesting piece of Saskatchewan's past.

A prehistoric crocodile named Big Bert is in Humboldt for the summer.

Paleontologist Tim Tokaryk spoke about the history of Big Bert.

"The skeleton was almost entirely complete from head to tail. So it's a very large imposing reptile, not a dinosaur, that occupied a niche in the waters about 95 million years ago when Saskatchewan was all underwater."

Tokaryk says the display is good to show kids what one was in Saskatchewan.

"To have kids to think that there are dinosaurs in Saskatchewan, there are ancient reptiles in Saskatchewan, and that provides a very unique history for the adults as well as for the kids."

Tokaryk remembers the original dig, and how he and his crew found Big Bert.

"When we realized that it was still going into the hill, we realized we had a chance for a whole skeleton. So it took us a couple months at the end of the fall to collect the head, and some of the other parts of the body. And it took us another three months in the following summer in '92 to collect the rest of the animal."

Big Bert is approximately 92 million years old, and lived during a time when Saskatchewan was completely underwater.

Big Bert will be on display for the rest of the summer.

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