Dryosaurus

While Jim was in town we took the opportunity to have him show us some of the classic sites he has worked, including the Dryosaurus nesting site.

Archive 2009-07-01 ReBecca Foster 2009

I was very excited to find a nice Dryosaurus coracoid, partial femur (pictured below) and two phalanges (toe bones).

Fieldwork Friday #9 ReBecca Foster 2009

These include a Dryosaurus nesting site in the Morrison Formation, a bird skull from the Green River Formation, the first Jurassic Ankylosaur - Mymoorapelta maysi below, along with numerous other dinosaurs from the Morrison Mygatt-Moore Quarry.

Archive 2009-07-01 ReBecca Foster 2009

These include a Dryosaurus nesting site in the Morrison Formation, a bird skull from the Green River Formation, the first Jurassic Ankylosaur - Mymoorapelta maysi below, along with numerous other dinosaurs from the Morrison Mygatt-Moore Quarry.

Fieldwork Friday #9 ReBecca Foster 2009

While Jim was in town we took the opportunity to have him show us some of the classic sites he has worked, including the Dryosaurus nesting site.

Fieldwork Friday #9 ReBecca Foster 2009

I was very excited to find a nice Dryosaurus coracoid, partial femur (pictured below) and two phalanges (toe bones).

Archive 2009-07-01 ReBecca Foster 2009

John found several small bone fragments and Jim found a nestling Dryosaurus vertebra very small!

Archive 2009-07-01 ReBecca Foster 2009

John found several small bone fragments and Jim found a nestling Dryosaurus vertebra very small!

Fieldwork Friday #9 ReBecca Foster 2009

There are only two skeletons of its kind in the world - the other Dryosaurus skeleton in existence is on display at the Carnegie Museum in Philadelphia, the IM Chait Gallery said in a statement before its Natural History Auction Saturday.

India eNews 2009

So far, The I.M. Chait Gallery hasn't been able to find a buyer for the complete skeleton of a 150-million-year-old Dryosaurus, despite interest from two museums.

NY1 - Top Stories 2009