5" Fossil Dinosaur Anterior Caudal Vertebra w/ Metal Stand - Texas

Fossil Dinosaur Anterior Caudal Vertebra w/ Metal Stand - Texas #250266

This is a 5" wide, anterior caudal vertebra from a dinosaur. The lack of processes and general weathering of this vertebra makes it difficult to provide accurate identification. While Gryposaurus or Kritosaurus are the most likely candidates due to abundance of material, the ceratopsids Bravoceratops and Torosaurus are also possibilities. The reason being, this vertebra is quite wide, typically being a characteristic of ceratopsid material. It comes from the Javelina Formation of Texas and is accompanied by the pictured custom metal display stand.

This specimen was collected within the past year on private deeded property in Brewster County, Texas. You won't see any other dinosaur material from the Aguja & Javelina Formations for sale because nearly all of the formation lies the borders of Big Bend National Park or in Mexico, where laws prevent collection of fossils for sale. One of our partners was lucky enough to purchase several hundred acres of ranch land in Texas containing a good exposure of these formations.

These formations are equivalent age to the Judith River Formations in the Northern US and Alberta, Canada. Because relatively little collecting has been done on these formations in Texas, most of the species remain undescribed. Our partner has been putting important material into research collections and working with museums and researchers, so in the coming years their work will help lead to formal descriptions for these dinosaurs.

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