Sheared Dinosaur Vertebra

[Welsh Wizard]

Hi 

 

I acquired this vertebra a few weeks back:

 

 

Im not sure if it’s an iguanodon or polacanthus. Time will tell.

 

I thought it was interesting as it appears to have sheared either prior to or after fossilisation.

[Welsh Wizard]

Here are some photos of prep in progress:

 

 

 

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[dinosaur man]

Amazing vert!  And amazing prep!  Also I looked at the vertebrae from the polacanthus holotype and it looks like it came from a polacanthus!

[Welsh Wizard]

17 hours ago, dinosaur man said:

Amazing vert!  And amazing prep!  Also I looked at the vertebrae from the polacanthus holotype and it looks like it came from a polacanthus!

 

Thanks. Still a way to go until it’s finished. I think you may be right. I have a few verts that are IDed as iguanodon but I’m convinced they are from a polacanthus.

 

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[Troodon]

A good paper that you can compare against your verts.  Nice prep.

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260215010_First_Valanginian_Polacanthus_foxii_Dinosauria_Ankylosauria_from_England_from_the_Lower_Cretaceous_of_Bexhill_Sussex

[Welsh Wizard]

21 hours ago, Troodon said:

A good paper that you can compare against your verts.  Nice prep.

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260215010_First_Valanginian_Polacanthus_foxii_Dinosauria_Ankylosauria_from_England_from_the_Lower_Cretaceous_of_Bexhill_Sussex

 

Thanks. That’s really helpful.