Hadrosaur Tibia

[kirkjeremiah23]

My current project, cleaning and putting this fossil back together. Has suspected predator teeth marks. My kind of puzzle. I will post the finished product in a couple of days

Edited July 22, 2023 by kirkjeremiah23

[kirkjeremiah23]

All put together, still have some cleaning to do and debating if I should fill in the cracks with putty. I kind of like the way it looks as it sits. What do you guys think?

[Danielb]

Looks good. I would fill it in but if you like your fossils pure you could leave it how it is.

[Troodon]

Good job putting it together.  If it's structurally sound the fill is your call.  You can apply fill and not paint it.   Where is it from?  Does not look like a Hadro tibia, the shaft is too short, end is wrong.

 

One of mine from an Edmontosaurus

 

 

Here is one from a Ceratopsian you can compare against

 

[kirkjeremiah23]

5 hours ago, Troodon said:

Good job putting it together.  If it's structurally sound the fill is your call.  You can apply fill and not paint it.   Where is it from?  Does not look like a Hadro tibia, the shaft is too short, end is wrong.

 

One of mine from an Edmontosaurus

 

 

Here is one from a Ceratopsian you can compare against

 

It was found in the hell creek formation and I was told it was a Hadrsaur tibia, though Im not versed in identifying bones. Any idea what it could be?

[Troodon]

Do you have a location where it was found that supports the HC formation?

 I added a Ceratopsian to compare against, did you?  Additional photos of all 4 sides would be helpful

[kirkjeremiah23]

7 hours ago, Troodon said:

Do you have a location where it was found that supports the HC formation?

 I added a Ceratopsian to compare against, did you?  Additional photos of all 4 sides would be helpful

I agree looks more like a Ceratopsain, I will post more pictures soon, thanks for the info

[LordTrilobite]

very nice puzzle work!

I would say this looks like it might be a hadrosaur humerus though.

Here's an example for reference