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10.8" Stegosaurus Cervical Armor Plate - Very Rare!
This is an extremely rare specimen collected this past summer from one of our partners private Morrison Formation quarries east of Dinosaur, Colorado. It's a cervical (neck) armor plate of a Stegosaurus, one of the rarer components of the Morrison Formation fauna. It measures 10.8" tall and 6.7" wide and comes with a custom metal display stand.
Like nearly all bones from the Morrison Formation there is repair and some restoration. Most of the top 2 1/2" of the plate have been restored and there is some restoration of erosion around the edges.
Mounted skeleton of a Stegosaurus in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Creative Commons License
Stegosaurus is one of the most recognizable dinosaurs in the world due to its distinctive tail spikes and plates along its back. So far, 3 species have been described from the Upper Morrison Formation, and it has been in the news quite a bit lately due to "Sophie" the Stegosaurus at the London Natural History Museum. Stegosaurus is the state fossil of Colorado.
Like nearly all bones from the Morrison Formation there is repair and some restoration. Most of the top 2 1/2" of the plate have been restored and there is some restoration of erosion around the edges.
Mounted skeleton of a Stegosaurus in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Creative Commons License
Stegosaurus is one of the most recognizable dinosaurs in the world due to its distinctive tail spikes and plates along its back. So far, 3 species have been described from the Upper Morrison Formation, and it has been in the news quite a bit lately due to "Sophie" the Stegosaurus at the London Natural History Museum. Stegosaurus is the state fossil of Colorado.
SPECIES
Stegosaurus sp.
LOCATION
Sutton Quarry, East of Dinosaur, Colorado
FORMATION
Morrison Formation
SIZE
10.8" tall, 6.7" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#78172
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