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From the album: Hell Creek Formation Microsite
Unionoid mussel shells. Most are incomplete and very fragile!-
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An anteriorly-situated tooth from a juvenile dromaeosaurid.-
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I was given some fossils from Hell Creek, North Dakota. I've been able to find out IDs to some of the pieces but having harder time with bones pieces. So was hoping for any help. Wasn't sure if you can tell bone pieces as dinosaur or not ( or what kind of bones) from photos. A bit to many little pieces to try all but will post ones thought where the better pieces (will try 3). Hoping can at least be able tell if bone is dinosaur or other animal bone. #1 (was sure dinosaur tooth but can't tell which one) #1 (other side) #1 ( side with looks like wear or a broken part) #1 (top or bottom part) #2 (bigger bone piece) #2 (other side) #2 (top) #3 (first side) #3 (other side) #3 (closer view) #3 (closer view other side) #3 (top) #3 (bottom)
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A remarkable dental battery of the hadrosaurid dinosaur, Edmontosaurus annectens. Hadrosaurs had highly sophisticated teeth arranged in these batteries which advanced teeth in a conveyer-belt fashion to replace worn ones. Even the roots of teeth were used once the enameled crowns wore away. This one was in active use and fossilized when the animal died. This battery in particular is special, as it was collected by former forum member Troodon, seen in his "My Jurassic Park" thread here. It comes from a hadrosaur-dominated bone bed.-
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Mammals are always a joy to find - a rooted marsupial lower premolar.-
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An enigmatic tooth taxon prevalent throughout the Late Cretaceous. Unfortunately, that means not much is known about the animal that wielded these blade-like chompers. Historically, these have been considered theropod dinosaurs.-
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A collection of microscopic (~ 1 mm in size) teeth from the orectolobiform, Galagadon. These are very difficult to collect, as it requires sieving a large volume of sediment and searching the concentrate under a microscope.-
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2.7mm long “raptor” tooth found in Garfield County, Montana. Isn’t curved and has serrations. Possibly enat tooth.
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Picked this little “thing” up out of curiosity. The fellow who found it was stumped as to what it was. It has rough pointed crown and a base that looks like broken root or bone. The crown is covered black or dark enamel. It resembles a tooth in shape but is very rough. I thought maybe an acid damaged tooth? Never found an image quite like it on any site. It was found in the Hell Creek fm., Montana. Was found along with a few mammal and Dino teeth in an ant mound I believe he said. sorry if photos are not as good as could be. It is tiny.
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A rooted tooth from a juvenile Leptoceratops, a smaller cousin of Triceratops.-
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Mussel shell fragments litter the matrix, so much so that even in the finest grain size it looks to have been laced with glitter. The original shell material that makes them appear iridescent (nacre) is preserved, which makes it somewhat surreal to sort through - as if this dirt was shoveled from a river yesterday. The colors are more vibrant when they’re damp. Unfortunately they are extremely fragile and crumble if you so much as look at them.-
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Illustration of pre-fossilization channel weathering effects: physical and chemical. River action physically tumbles and erodes details and sharp features, the acidity of the water may chemically erode surfaces, causing pitting. A) Trionychid turtle shell; B) holostean fish (Cyclurus) maxilla.-
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Under the microscope, one may find these tiny treasures - microscopic shark teeth! They are uncommon and require a lot of effort to find.-
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Some bones are so river tumbled that they become rounded, even to a near-polish in some cases, and are referred to as “bone pebbles” in the literature.-
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The vast majority of what I find looks like this - chunks of bone and fish bits. In leaving “no stone unturned”, I’ve picked out thousands of pieces of this stuff just to recover a handful of exquisite specimens.-
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Identifying features of the troodontid, Pectinodon. The illustration is the holotype, adapted from Carpenter 1982, the color image is a specimen in my collection. These are thought to be anterior dentary teeth; medial/posterior positions lack the lingual pitting, and may have fine serrations at the base of the mesial carina. Carpenter, K. (1982). "Baby dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Lance and Hell Creek formations and a description of a new species of theropod". Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming. 20 (2): 123–134.-
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A river-tumbled pachycephalosaurid medial (cheek) tooth. Illustration adapted from Fanti & Miyashita 2009. Fanti, Federico and Miyashita, Tetsuto. “A high latitude vertebrate fossil assemblage from the Late Cretaceous of west-central Alberta, Canada: evidence for dinosaur nesting and vertebrate latitudinal gradient.” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 275 (2009): 37-53.-
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Salamander jaw fragments. (A) premaxilla; (B) dentary fragments (Scapherpeton?); (C) jaw fragment with intact teeth (Habrosaurus?).- 2 comments
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Typical Champsosaurus teeth, highlighting distinguishing features. These are commonly confused for gar fish teeth, and similarly Melvius teeth are often confused for Champsosaurus.-
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we got a greaaaaaaaaaaaaaat fossil some time ago from a supergreat US-Seller. This was found in Hell Creek, part of THE KING It is necessary to do a little more prepwork on it, but, I have to remove this brown, harder matrix. What is it? Phosphorite? Shells? Or bone? I am not familiar with the Hell Creek Matrix, more with some of the lovely fossils Thanks for supporting! (e.g. what you see on the pics is around 2 x 2 inch), one pic is from the top, one from the bottom, but I would assume this are different whatever, not two views on one thing from two sides
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Typical shed hadrosaurid (Edmontosaurus) teeth, a.k.a. "spitters." Most are river tumbled and missing their enamel. These teeth are quite common, as Edmontosaurus was abundant and regularly shed them from its arsenal of hundreds. A) teeth in occlusal view-
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A remarkably well-preserved freshwater gastropod.-
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Unionoid mussels are very common in this riverine deposit. They preserve the original nacre and are iridescent. Because they are so fragile, and given they were preserved in a river, they are never complete.-
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