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Between the weather and my busy schedule, I haven't been able to get out into the field, so I have been fossil-hunting in my mailbox. I bought a small collection of pieces that was something of a mish-mash. The labeling sucks. Some of the labels are missing and some are mixed up. This tooth did not have a label. It was mixed in with dinosaur material, including a sauropod eggshell fragment from South America, some hadrosaur bone fragments from the western US, and some Moroccan fossils. I don't know where this piece came from - it could be Morocco, it could be South America, it could be the US, or..... It measures 50mm long x 11mm wide at the base. It doesn't appear to be glued or repaired, but looks like it was sealed with some kind of butvar or poly. Does anyone know what critter this tooth is from? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! MikeG

Hello everyone! I recently acquired the attached fossil as a jaw fragment (with additional bone) of Lambeosaurus lambei. It's supposed to be from the Hell Creek Formation - at any rate, it was found between Jordan and Fort Peck Lake in Montana, and I have no reason to doubt this information. From what I understand, however, L. lambei is a little earlier than Hell Creek and the very existence of lambeosaurs in Hell Creek is a matter of some debate. I've now wondered if there's any obvious reason why this couldn't be a jaw fragment of Edmontosaurus annectens instead. As I'm a complete novice, your insights would be more than welcome. The jaw piece is 21.5 cm (about 8.5 in) long, the bone 26 cm (about 10.2 inch). Thank you very much! Nick

Hi all I really think the Hadrosaurs were very cool dinosaurs and not just as a food source for the T.rex. So in celebration of the great beasts please show us your Hadrosaurs material . Hadrosaurs are dinosaurs that are members of the family Hadrosauridae, and include ornithopods such as Edmontosaurus and Parasaurolophus. They were common herbivores in the Upper Cretaceous Period of what are now Asia, Europe and North America. Edmontosaurus annectens Metacarpal V found at the famous Hell Creek Formation... Late Cretaceous Period Montana. The missing one in photo that Frank @Troodon sent me when he kindly identified it for me before I purchased for a real steal. As our village has started to put up their Christmas decorations early to offer some much needed joy , so I made a Santa to Edmontosaurus scale drawing I think it will make a great greetings card and adds a little whimsy. Stay safe and sound Bobby

So over the past few days I was visiting Bozeman from Raleigh North Carolina as I was visiting the MSU campus because I've been accepted to start as a freshman in autumn 2021. And I hope you know what I am trying to major in. I mean you know what forum we're on I don't have to spell it out. Anyway, in that time I managed to spend all day visiting the Museum of the Rockies which is considered one of the Mecca halls for paleontology. Our crazy old boi Jack used to be Prof and curator there before... well you know. My home museum, the NC Museum of Natural Sciences are taxonomic lumpers when it comes to paleontology but they are passive lumpers. They are nothing compared to what the MOR has going on holy snarge I was surprised. I like going to different museums like this because it shows different perspectives based on findings that vary by institution. While I don't agree with a lot of it, it's healthy to expose oneself to different ideas and conclusions. Also I just couldn't help but feel giddy in the midst of all these dinosaurs. I'll update this post with pictures in a few moments... I will also post what the info cards on the exhibits state about each specimen. Here is Big Mike. A metal replica of MOR 555 commonly known as the Wankel although now more known as the Nation's T. rex since the og skeleton's move to the Smithsonian. I spent at least 30 minutes admiring the sculpt of this beautiful beast alone. Our first is a tibia of a Hadrosaur indet. found in 80 mya rock in Chotaeu, Montana so likely the Two Medicine Formation however this is unique because this is from it's lower strata which we don't know much about that's why it isn't identified as Maiasaura, as that dinosaur lived later. Here are some nice trace fossils and geology stuff, Here's the Precambrian globe Here's how sediments move through time. There's dioramas too. Starting with the Cambrian of course with Anomalocaris and working our way up. Here we're getting some Ordivician and Silurian description, Devonian like creatures. Although Coelocanths first evolved 400 mya they live all the way up to the present day. Stethocanthus below Next we start going in depth into the dinosaurs more updates coming stay tuned...

Our view: With fossils, look but don't take, The Salem News, July 23, 2021 After popularity of Massachusetts state dinosaur campaign, clarity sought on protecting fossils and artifacts, Mass Live, July 22, 2021 Dinosaur bill unearths new concern among archeologists about outdated fossil laws, MetroWest Daily News, July 23, 2021 Massachusetts State Dinosaur: Podokesaurus holyokensis wins fan vote, lawmaker files legislation to officially declare state dinosaur, Mass Live, February 4, 2021 Yours, Paul H.

Old paper but new to me thought it might be interesting to those who have not seen it. How did hadrosaurs orient their hands? It's different than you might think based on many museum mounts https://t.co/RMzQO4eUk5?amp=1

Duck-Billed Dinosaurs Endured Long, Dark Polar Winters, ScienceDaily, April 11, 2012 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120411131915.htm http://scienceblog.com/53228/duck-billed-dinosaurs-endured-long-dark-polar-winters/ Duck-billed dinosaurs endured long, dark polar winters by Preston Moretz, April 10, 2012 http://news.temple.edu/news/2012-04-10/duck-billed-dinosaurs-endured-long-dark-polar-winters The paper is: Chinsamy, A., D. B. Thomas, A. R. Tumarkin- Deratzian, and A. R. Fiorillo, 2010, Hadrosaurs Were Perennial Polar Residents. The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology. vol. 295, no. 4, pp. 610–614. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.22428/abstract Yours, Paul H.