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Very Nice Preserved Pachycephalosaurus Vertebrae
This
is a very well preserved vertebrae of the thick skulled, Pachycephalosaurus. It's 2.15" long and has beautiful orange highlights and no surface erosion.
This claw comes from a private dig in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. The Hell Creek Formation represents a sub-tropical floodplain which would have been similar to coastal, modern-day Louisiana. This area was home to some of the most recognizable dinosaurs in the world including triceratops, hadrosaurs and the king of them all, T-Rex.
Pachycephalosaurus was a bipedal dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period and probably was about 15 feet in length.
Pachycephalosaurus had a distinctive, large, bony, dome on top of it's skull up to 10 inches thick to cushion it's brain from impacts.
Some paleontologists believe this thick skull may have been used for head-butting, much like rams while others contend it may have been a sexual display.
It was one of the last non-avian dinosaurs before the K-T extinction event, 65 million years ago.
There is only one known species of Pachycephalosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis. It's remains have been found in Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming.
It was either a herbivore or an omnivore with small leaf shaped teeth which would have been very effective at shredding plants.
This claw comes from a private dig in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. The Hell Creek Formation represents a sub-tropical floodplain which would have been similar to coastal, modern-day Louisiana. This area was home to some of the most recognizable dinosaurs in the world including triceratops, hadrosaurs and the king of them all, T-Rex.
SPECIES
Pachycephalosaurus
LOCATION
Powder River County, Montana
FORMATION
Hell Creek Formation
SIZE
2.15" long, 1.6" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#9940
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