9.2" Duck-Billed Dinosaur (Edmontosaurus) Carpal Bone

Duck-Billed Dinosaur (Edmontosaurus) Carpal Bone #49537

This is a 9.2" long carpal bone (hand digit) of a Edmontosaurus annectens, a Hadrosaur or commonly referred to as a duck-billed dinosaur. It was collected this summer from the 66 million year old Hell Creek Formation in Powder River County, Montana. It's quite large for a Hadrosaur carpal bone and it good condition. There is a single crack repair with small gap fill in the middle of the bone.

Hadrosaurs

are frequently referred to as duck-billed dinosaurs and are members of the Ornithischian family Hadrosauridae. They were fairly common herbivores that roamed Asia, Europe, and North America during the Upper Cretaceous Period. Many species of Hadrosaurs had distinctive crests on their heads, some of which had air-filled chambers that may have produced a distinct sound. These crests may have been used for both audio and visual display purposes.

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