Maiasaura Vertebra - SOLD 3.33" Fossil ancienthistory These trees once towered over

These trees once towered over a landscape full of dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus Rex

have existed for millennia

The bead is enclosed within a sterling silver backing

a unique fossil record captures cycles of rapid coastal flooding that combined layers of ocean sediment with iron-rich groundwater to produce tough ironstone nodules

after which each slice was hand-polished and cut into the "delta-wing" shape you see here

Maiasaura Vertebra - SOLD 3.33" Fossil ancienthistory These trees once towered overMaiasaura was a large Ornithischian dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period. Related to Iguanodons, they are known primarily for nurturing their young past hatching, a behavior previously unknown of any dinosaur. The Maiasaura and its Hadrosaur cousins had specialized "duck bills" for mouths. These were in fact elongated rostral bone structures that gave the appearance of a beak, but actually housed hundreds of small teeth to grind through all manner of