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  • Hadrosauridae Tooth

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    Taxonomy

    Duck Bill Dinosaur

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Reptilia
    Order: Ornithischia
    Family: Hadrosauridae
    Genus: Indet.
    Species: Indet.
    Author Citation Cope, 1869

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Cretaceous
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Campanian

    Stratigraphy

    Black Creek Group
    Tarheel Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 08/16/2015
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 17.7 mm
    Width: 8.7 mm
    Thickness: 6.7 mm

    Location

    Neuse River
    Wayne County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    Indet. Hadrosauridae, self collected from a river site. Dinosaur teeth from North Carolina are very uncommon and very understudied. Remains other than teeth are mostly unidentifiable bone shards. 

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    Ridgehiker

    Quite the special find!

     

    Fortunately also good preservation

     

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    zekky

    Nice, I'd love to see more fro this formation!

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    Dracorex_hogwartsia

    Dracorex_hogwartsia

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    Wow! That's a real beauty! Congratulations!

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