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9" Tall Tyrannosaur (Daspletosaurus) Vertebra - Montana
This is nicely preserved, 9" tall vertebra of the huge Tyrannosaur, Daspletosaurus. It was collected from the Two Medicine Formation in Pondera County, Montana this past summer. About half of the process is still present. There is some minor crack repair and gap fill restoration in the lower part of the process.
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Daspletosaurus was a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period. The genus Daspletosaurus contains two species. Fossils of the earlier type species, D. torosus, have been found in Alberta, while fossils of the later second species, D. horneri, have been found only in Montana.
D. horneri holotype skull from Montana in the Museum of the Rockies. Creative Commons License
Daspletosaurus is closely related to the larger and more recent tyrannosaurid Tyrannosaurus rex. Like most tyrannosaurids, Daspletosaurus was a multi-tonne bipedal predator equipped with dozens of large, sharp teeth. It had the small forelimbs typical of tyrannosaurids, although they were proportionately longer than in other genera.
As an apex predator, Daspletosaurus was at the top of the food chain, probably preying on large dinosaurs like the ceratopsid Centrosaurus and the hadrosaur Hypacrosaurus. In some areas, Daspletosaurus coexisted with another tyrannosaurid, Gorgosaurus, though there is some evidence of niche differentiation between the two.
D. horneri holotype skull from Montana in the Museum of the Rockies. Creative Commons License
Daspletosaurus is closely related to the larger and more recent tyrannosaurid Tyrannosaurus rex. Like most tyrannosaurids, Daspletosaurus was a multi-tonne bipedal predator equipped with dozens of large, sharp teeth. It had the small forelimbs typical of tyrannosaurids, although they were proportionately longer than in other genera.
As an apex predator, Daspletosaurus was at the top of the food chain, probably preying on large dinosaurs like the ceratopsid Centrosaurus and the hadrosaur Hypacrosaurus. In some areas, Daspletosaurus coexisted with another tyrannosaurid, Gorgosaurus, though there is some evidence of niche differentiation between the two.
SPECIES
Daspletosaurus horneri
LOCATION
Pondera County, Montana
FORMATION
Two Medicine Formation, Judith River Group
SIZE
9" tall including process, Centrum 3.2" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#78779
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