Reptile Fossil Vertebra

$18.00

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Description

This is a section of a Cretaceous Fossil Reptile Vertebra Bone.

This one was found at a leased dig site outside Belle Fourche, South Dakota. The bone is stabilized and is 1/2 inches long..

The Cretaceous Genuine Reptile Fossil Vertebra  comes from a bone collected legally on a ranch within the Badlands of South Dakota. 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 reptile Bone from the Cretaceous Period. There are many 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.

Fossil such as this are often found mixed in with other animals bones. Because many are deposited in the beds of ancient rivers, they become separated from the skeleton.

This Fossil Reptile Vertebra has been cleaned and stabilized to prevent damage. It is 7/8 inches long and is also encased in this 4 inch by 5 inch glass topped leatherette collectors case.