3.4" Crocodilian Vertebrae Process - Aguja Formation, Texas

Crocodilian Vertebrae Process - Aguja Formation, Texas #88753

This is a 3.4" long, vertebrae process of a Late Cretaceous crocodilian. It was collected this fall from the Aguja Formation of Texas. It's still embedded in the rock it was found. The metacarpal is really nicely preserved and the rock contains many other bone fragments.

This specimen was collected within the past year on private deeded property in Brewster County, Texas. You won't see any other dinosaur material from the Aguja & Javelina Formations for sale because nearly all of the formation lies the borders of Big Bend National Park or in Mexico, where laws prevent collection of fossils for sale. One of our partners was lucky enough to purchase several hundred acres of ranch land in Texas containing a good exposure of these formations.

These formations are equivalent age to the Judith River Formations in the Northern US and Alberta, Canada. Because relatively little collecting has been done on these formations in Texas, most of the species remain undescribed. Our partner has been putting important material into research collections and working with museums and researchers, so in the coming years their work will help lead to formal descriptions for these dinosaurs.