MSirmon Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I believe this is a hadrosaur causal vertebrae. From the Cretaceous era KAIPAROWITS FORMATION in Southeast Utah. Can someone confirm or provide a better identification? Thank you in advance for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Did you find this yourself Mike? 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSirmon Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Darktooth said: Did you find this yourself Mike? Sadly no. But it was unidentified so I am trying to track it down as I add it to my collection as part of my effort to build a full skeleton in the living room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Impossible to narrow down to something more specific than Hadrosauridae Indet. "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 hours ago, MSirmon said: hadrosaur Mike have you got yourself a hadrosaur mine? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSirmon Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 3 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: Mike have you got yourself a hadrosaur mine? I wish. I would already have a fully articulated Skelton in my living room. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Does not look like a Hadrosaur caudal vertebra at all to me. Though it does look like an anterior dorsal vertebra of a Hadrosaur. It doesn't look very much like a Ceratopsid vert to me. Kaiparowits fm. contains both Gryposaurus and Parasaurolophus. So it could be either of those. Very nice piece. Here are some reference images. Parasaurolophus dorsal vertebrae. Both A and B seem to fit fairly well. Parasaurolophus cervical and caudal vertebrae. Magnapaulia caudal vertebrae. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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