8.5" Othnielosaurus Femur w/ Stand - Bone Cabin Quarry

This is a very unusual dinosaur fossil, a femur from Othnielosaurus consors. This femur was collected at the historic Bone Cabin Quarry in Wyoming. The fossil has some minor crack repairs and some restoration to fill in eroded and weathered areas along the fourth trochanter .

Othnielosaurus lived during the Late Jurassic. It reached about 6 and a half feet in length and weighed about 22 lbs. It's fossils have been found in the Upper Morrison Formation of Wyoming and Colorado. Formerly known as Othnielia rex, Othnielosaurus was a small bipedal hypsilophodont type ornithopod.

The Bone Cabin Quarry has historical significance because it was discovered in 1897 and excavated by the American Museum of Natural History from 1898 through 1905. It lies near the famous Como Bluff and got it's name from a nearby sheepherder's cabin built entirely out of fossil dinosaur bones. This quarry now lies on private land, where it has continued to be excavated.
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SPECIES
Othnielosaurus consors
LOCATION
Bone Cabin Quarry, Wyoming
FORMATION
Morrison Formation
SIZE
8.5" long
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#14729
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