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Sue [a] (stylized: SUE), officially designated FMNH PR 2081, is one of the largest, [b] most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex fossils ever found, at over 90 percent recovered by bulk. [4] FMNH PR 2081 was discovered on August 12, 1990, [5] by American explorer and fossil collector Sue Hendrickson, after whom it is named
The only recorded find of a dinosaur fossil in Central America consists of a single femur discovered from Middle Cretaceous age deposits in Comayagua Department in the central part of Honduras. The fossil had been found in January, 1971 by Bruce Simonson and Gregory Horne, though it was later sent to the National Museum of Natural History, USA ...
Numerous scientifically important fossils have been recovered from the quarry, including the most complete sauropod fossil ever found, the juvenile Camarasaurus specimen CM 11338, and the largest nearly complete dinosaur skeleton ever found, [16] the Apatosaurus specimen CM 3018, which was the specimen that led Douglass to discover the site.
A paleontologist called the park “the most important dinosaur dig site in America east of the ... The fossil found in April is a 3-foot-long shin bone that Hodnett believes likely belongs to an ...
The Morrison Formation is a distinctive sequence of Upper Jurassic sedimentary rock that is found in the western United States, which has been the most fertile source of dinosaur fossils in North America. It is composed of mudstone, sandstone, siltstone and limestone and is light grey, greenish gray, or red.
California topped the list with 1,922 fossils found, the report read, followed by Wyoming with 1,135 fossils and Montana with 939. More: Oldest species of tree-climbing reptile discovered in New ...
Camarasaurus (/ ˌ k æ m ər ə ˈ s ɔː r ə s / KAM-ər-ə-SOR-əs) was a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs and is the most common North American sauropod fossil. Its fossil remains have been found in the Morrison Formation, dating to the Late Jurassic epoch (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian stages), between 155 and 145 million years ago.
Researchers uncovered “remarkably complete” fossils from the skull and jaws of the mammal in rocks that date back to the period just after the extinction of the dinosaurs in the Corral Bluffs ...