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| Keywords: FossilBonesMultiple.jpg Squelette d'un jeune fr hadrosaure environ 8 mètres de long visible dans le fr Monument national de Grand Staircase-Escalante dans l'état de l'Utah Partial skeleton of a young hadrosaur about 25 feet long exhibited at the en Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument shown in a series of images Images are not stitched owning to an inconsistent viewpoint with photos taken while walking along the display Image by en User Leonard G Placard text PD-US Government <br><br> <big> A Young Hadrosaur<br> </big> <br> These are the actual bones of a dinosaur excavated on the<br> Monument in 2000 and 2001 Displayed here are most of the tail<br> bones the left pelvis and portions of the left leg 72 million years<br> ago the living animal was a 25-foot-long adolescent similar in<br> shape to the Parasurolophus in the courtyard but without the<br> tube-like crest <br> <br> Preservation of this animal is among the best known anywhere <br> The bones and delicate tendons are still in their connected<br> positions Amazingly impressions of the skin were found still<br> attached to the skeleton Site evidence indicates that the<br> complete animal was fossilized but much of its body was<br> lost through erosion and illegal collection Specimens like<br> these are extraordinary sources of information abount these<br> magnificent giants <br> <br> Paleontologists continue to make such discoveries in the<br> Monument assuring iits place of prominence in our quest to<br> understand the animals and events of the Late Cretaceous en wikipedia 2006-11-22 Leonard G wikipedia en original upload log page en wikipedia FossilBonesMultiple jpg 2006-11-22 18 28 Leonard G 2386×298× 196627 bytes <nowiki>Partial skelton of a young hadrosaur exhibited at the Escalante-Grand Staircase National Monument shown in a series of images Image by User Leonard G </nowiki> History of Utah Hadrosauridae | ||||
