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Marmarth Research Foundation: In the Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota

Marmarth Research Foundation: In the Hell Creek formation of North Dakota

Palatobaena cohen
Turtle Graveyard Excavation, 2006
Hell Creek Formation

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Palatobaena cohen

<em>Stygiochelys</em> hand

Stygiochelys hand
Turtle Ridge
2007

A life long dream of finding a dinosaur skeleton came true while on a MRF dig in 2006.

John A. Pawloski
Connecticut Museum of Mining and Mineral Science

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Ann's Site

Steve Floerscheimer works slowly through the unconsolidated sandy siltstone in search of fossils.
The crew takes a break in what little shade remains.
Surveying the site
Tyler and the volunteers survey the dig and talk about what needs to be done next.
The crew
The crew pose with the landowner Ann Hoff. Anne discovered the hadrosaur skeleton several years ago.
Articulated hadrosaur tail
Ann's site produced a partial skeleton of a hadrosaur, including over 50 vertebrae.
Volunteers slowly working around the skeleton with x-acto knives and small brushes.
Hadrosaur Dorsal Vertebrae
Several dorsal vertebrae were sticking out of the hill when landowner Ann Hoff found this locality.