Palaeobiology Division : The Palaeobiology Division of the Museum of Natural Science had its origins in the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). Charles H. Sternberg began working at the GSC in 1912 as "Head Collector and Preparator of Vertebrate Fossils". The Sternberg family was recruited in 1912 because the GSC had known since 1874 that the Red Deer River Valley in Alberta was an area rich in fossils. Unfortunately, other than work by George Dawson in 1884 and 1889 and Lawrence Lambe in 1897 and 1901, no Canadian had made extensive collections from these areas. The GSC realized that there were no experienced Canadian vertebrate palaeontologists to send to these valleys and therefore hired Charles Sternberg and his sons Levi, George and Charles from the Untied States. Within the next four years Charles Sternberg, along with his three sons, assembled one of the most important dinosaur collections in North America. Most of their explorations were located in the Red Deer River and Belly River valleys in Alberta.
Charles H. Sternberg resigned from the GSC in 1916 because of a disagreement with Lawrence Lambe, Chief Vertebrate Palaeontologist, over the future direction of their work. George F. Sternberg came with his father to work for the GSC in 1912. He continued his discoveries in Alberta up until his departure in 1918. Charles M. Sternberg worked for the Geological Survey of Canada and later the National Museum of Canada in various capacities from 1912 until his death in 1981. In 1919 Lawrence Lambe, Chief Vertebrate Palaeontologist, died and C.M. Sternberg was left to maintain a programme in vertebrate palaeontology under E.M. Kirdle, Chief Palaeontologist. The majority of his work was in the Red Deer River and Belly Valley formations with other important discoveries in Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
In 1948 the division of vertebrate palaeontology was transferred from the GSC to the National Museum of Canada and C.M. Sternberg became Assistant Biologist. G.E. Linbald joined the staff of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1915 as assistant to C.H. Sternberg. He returned to the GSC after serving in the First World War and transferred to the Royal Ontario Museum in 1920. He left ROM in 1951 to become Chief, Collector-Preparator in vertebrate palaeontology for the National Museum of Canada. He retired in 1962 after leading six expeditions in the Red Deer River and Munson ferry area. RG132 General Inventory
