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Jurassic Sauropod Femur
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Jurassic Sauropod Femur
Camarasaurus
Jurassic
Morrison Formation, Bone Cabin Quarry, Albany County, Wyoming
One of gigantic herbivorous sauropods of the Late Jurassic Period, Camarasaurus measured up to sixty-five feet in length and weighed up to twenty tons. Its thick legs, with five-toed feet and a protective inner toe claw, were built to withstand the weight of this magnificent genus.
The present marvelous specimen, the front leg bone of a Camarasaurus individual, was excavated in the summer of 2021 at the famed Bone Cabin Quarry in Wyoming. The femur measures 45 inches mounted on a custom steel rotating pedestal.
Painstaking care is required in the excavation and removal of dinosaur bones, as well as in their laboratory preparation. Bones must be encased in plaster jackets in the field in order to stabilize the fossil for removal and transport. In the lab, the stone matrix is meticulously removed and additional stabilization techniques may be used. Measuring 45 x 14 x 8 in. Measuring 49 ½ x 24 x 24 in when mounted on the rotating stand
Jurassic
Morrison Formation, Bone Cabin Quarry, Albany County, Wyoming
One of gigantic herbivorous sauropods of the Late Jurassic Period, Camarasaurus measured up to sixty-five feet in length and weighed up to twenty tons. Its thick legs, with five-toed feet and a protective inner toe claw, were built to withstand the weight of this magnificent genus.
The present marvelous specimen, the front leg bone of a Camarasaurus individual, was excavated in the summer of 2021 at the famed Bone Cabin Quarry in Wyoming. The femur measures 45 inches mounted on a custom steel rotating pedestal.
Painstaking care is required in the excavation and removal of dinosaur bones, as well as in their laboratory preparation. Bones must be encased in plaster jackets in the field in order to stabilize the fossil for removal and transport. In the lab, the stone matrix is meticulously removed and additional stabilization techniques may be used. Measuring 45 x 14 x 8 in. Measuring 49 ½ x 24 x 24 in when mounted on the rotating stand

