- Hadrosaur Caudal Vertebra (Edmontosaurus?)
- Hell Creek Formation, ~68-66 million years old – Powder River County, Montana, USA
- Dimensions: 4″ x 4″
This vertebra would have come from the tail section of a hadrosaur, likely from an Edmontosaurus annectens, as they were relatively common in the Hell Creek Formation.
A gorgeous two-tone coloration fossil sporting the classic Hell Creek chocolate brown, along with cream coloration from surface exposure. This fossil would make a great display piece!
The end of the neural spine has been lost to time, but the rest of the fossil is in great shape, including an intact neural arch, partial neural spine and zygapophyses.
This vertebra is 100% original with no restoration or filling. It has been stabilized.
Hadrosaurs, or duck-billed dinosaurs, were plant eaters that had large jaws with what are called “dental batteries.” These dental batteries contained hundreds of teeth in dozens of channeled columns, when one tooth is worn down enough it eventually falls out of the jaw and is replaced by a new unworn tooth. Click the link here for more info about hadrosaurs: Hadrosaurs
Hadrosaur Caudal Vertebra
