3" Fossil Dromaeosaurid Rib Section w/ Metal Stand - South Dakota

Fossil Dromaeosaurid Rib Section w/ Metal Stand - South Dakota #294783

This is a 3" wide fossil dromaeosaurid dinosaur rib section from the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota. It is accompanied by the pictured metal display stand. There are multiple dromaeosaurid species documented from the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota, so providing an accurate species to an isolated bone such as this is more guesswork than anything, therefore we have left its identification as indeterminate dromaeosaurid.

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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