The Hays Public Library will host a screening of the film “Thof’s Dragon” at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Schmidt Gallery.

“Thof’s Dragon” is a docudrama, filmed in Logan and Wallace counties, that tells the story of the discovery of an elasmosaurus platyurus in Wallace County in 1867 during the height of the Indian Wars.

The fossil was discovered by Fort Wallace surgeon Theophilus Turner and is considered one of the more significant finds of paleontology in Kansas.

Screenwriter and director Deb Goodrich and Ian Trevethan from the Sternberg Museum will be on hand to discuss the film and answer questions about the discovery.

EDITED to correct date of screening.