Description
Description
This is a section of a Cretaceous Dinosaur Rib Fragment.
This one was found while surface collecting on a leased dig site in Montana. The bone is stabilized and is 4 1/2 inches long.
The Cretaceous Genuine Dinosaur Rib Fragment comes from an area where dinosaur bones are found. This bone was collected legally on a ranch within the Badlands of Montana. Because the badlands have little vegetation, when it rains, the rains wash away sediment. So when prospecting bone fragments as well as turtle shell, fish scales and other fossils are exposed. This fragment is a piece of Genuine Dinosaur Bone from the Cretaceous Period. Surface collecting generally means the bones are bleached by the sun.
There are many Dinosaur bone fragments found while prospecting. When the bone is exposed to the elements it begins to decay. Because this decay is rapid, a dinosaur bone may fall into dust in just a few years. This bone is also called float because it “floats” downhill revealing a possible dinosaur bone bed.
The area where found is considered a bone bed. Because the bones are shattered and fragmented it is nearly impossible to ascertain species of some of the bones.
But in other cases telltale evidence can lead to correct dinosaur species designation. This one is just identified as a dinosaur rib fragment.
