3.9" Edmontosaurus Fossil Toe Bone Hell Creek FM Cretaceous Dinosaur MT COA Stand

Location: Hell Creek Formation, Montana (Private Land Origin)  

Weight: 11.1 Ounces (With Metal Stand)

Dimensions: 5.7 Inches Long, 3.1 Inches Wide, 2 Inches Thick (With Metal Stand)

Fossil Dimensions: 3.9 Inches Long, 3.3 Inches Wide, 1.8 Inches Thick

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This is a genuine fossil.

Edmontosaurus, which means "lizard from Edmonton," is a species of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian stage, the final part of the Cretaceous period, approximately 71 to 65 million years ago. Adult individuals typically grow up to nine meters in length, with some larger specimens reaching thirteen meters. Weighing around 3.5 tonnes, Edmontosaurus was among the largest hadrosaurid dinosaurs.

Edmontosaurus could pass the toughest foodstuffs back and forth across the teeth with its muscular, daring pouches.

To fit so many teeth into its mouth, they were packed into tight "banks" of up to sixty rows, and new teeth continually grew to replace lost teeth — analogous to a new shark. The bones of the higher jaw would flex outwards as the lower jaw came up, so the mandible could grind against it. Typical food would have built-in conifer needles, seeds, and twigs, and these have been established in the body cavities of fossilized Edmontosaurus. It was evidently a tree browser.

In 1908, a significant discovery in Wyoming revealed fossilized skin imprints of Edmontosaurus. The skin must have dried rapidly, imprinting its texture onto the surrounding mud. These fossils show that Edmontosaurus had scaly, leathery skin with thigh muscles located beneath the skin. This anatomical feature made it appear as if the leg separated from the body at the knee, with the entire thigh hidden under the skin, enhancing its duck-like appearance. Additionally, the dinosaur had several tubercles, or bumps, running along its neck, back, and tail.

Edmontosaurus was bipedal but could surely have walked on four legs. The forelimbs are shorter than the hindlimbs, but not so much that four-legged motivation was unfeasible. The front feet also had hooves on two fingers, and weight-bearing pads like folks of Camarasaurus. The rear feet had two toes, and all were hooked. The bone arrangement in the lower limbs suggests that both the legs and feet were attached to very influential muscles. The spine curved downwards at the shoulders, so Edmontosaurus would have had a low posture and would have browsed close to the ground. Despite the power of its limbs, Edmontosaurus would only have been slow-moving and had few defensive features. To survive, it must have had keen eyesight, hearing, and smell to get early warning of predators.