Edmontosaurus Ungual Claw/Hoof

Edmontosaurus Ungual Claw/HoofAbsolutely no repair or restoration on this highly detailed and perfectly preserved ungual. The Edmontosaurus, a well known hadrosaurid (duck billed) dinosaur, thrived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Wyoming. This specimen comes from the Lance Formation, which dates to roughly 6669 million years ago. The Lance is one of North Americas most important fossil beds, preserving an incredible array of dinosaurs, mammals, reptiles, and

Fossils attributed to O

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Archaeohippus blackbergi

Maiasaura walked both on its hind legs and on all fours

shares a direct lineage with this extinct relative

so it’s a dinosaur that feels “alive” in current research

but not yet fully committed to the single-minded whale-killing strategy its descendants would perfect

the right environment

Today its fossils—tusks

Tan and brown from sandy environments

Not everyone agrees it was a fully aquatic dinosaur – some researchers see it more as a wading shoreline predator – but the overall picture is clear: Spinosaurus was tightly tied to water

This rare large fossilized walrus tusk comes from a South Carolina river