Tigereagle12345 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 I found this bone on a fossil hunting trip in North Dakota, it was identified as a theropod, probably a T. Rex. Can anyone verify this claim? Thanks for any responces! (The ruler is mesuring in centimeters) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 It's a non-descript bone what features are there to say T-rex or theropod? Location in ND? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadrosauridae Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 I doubt that anybody is going to be able to give you a positive ID. These kinds of things can belong to many possible species. Without knowing anything about the location, formation, etc. makes it even harder to guess. Now, that said, if this was in the Hell Creek location I'm used to working, I would probably give it a tentative rex ID based on the combination of size and its dense, almost black "glassy" appearance. "There is no shortage of fossils. There is only a shortage of paleontologists to study them." - Larry Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigereagle12345 Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 @Troodon The bone was found near Marmath, North Dakota, on a flat area below a butte. The reasons I believe that it is a T. Rex is because it is curved on both sides which suggests that the bone may have been hollow, and because, althought it is hard to see, it has a very dense bone structure around the outside part of the bone and a very open one on the inside. (I can't seem to get any non-blury photos but most of it is completly solid exept for the middle part which is open.) The blackish part is solid, the brown(In the first image) and white parts are open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Thanks definitely HC area I understand your point but "may have's" and density does not do it for me, maybe others are okay with it. We have other Tyrannosaurs and Theropods like Anzu in the HC that have big bones so for me its indeterminate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigereagle12345 Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 Ok, thanks for the information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 I would hesitate to call this anything other than "Dinosaur". Hadrosaur leg bones can look like this from experiences. I think there are local enough preservational differences in the Hell Creek that it could be anything big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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