7" Dinosaur Rib Bone Section In Rock - South Dakota

Dinosaur Rib Bone Section In Rock - South Dakota #145894

This is a 7" long unidentified dinosaur rib bone section from the Hell Creek Formation in Harding County, South Dakota. The bone has a number of stabilized cracks and is still within the rock that it was found in. It's likely either Triceratops or Hadrosaur.

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Because of its age and sedimentary composition, the Hell Creek Formation has become one of the most paleontologically studied areas in the world. 158 genera of animals and 64 genera of plants are known from the formation and new discoveries are made frequently. In addition to Tyrannosaurs, Ceratopsids, and Hadrosaurs, the formation has yielded remains of amphibians, reptiles, lizards, snakes and turtles, fish and sharks, avian and non-avian dinosaurs, and mammals. The Hell Creek Formation gives the most complete understanding of the environment just before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction.

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