California Plesiosaur Vertebra Identification
Plesiosaur Vertebra is a realistic California fossil profile built around round spool-like vertebra from long-necked marine reptiles. In this state, success usually comes from learning marine terraces, Monterey shale exposures, and beach gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
Key Traits
- ●spool-shaped centrum
- ●symmetrical articular faces
- ●dense marine fossilization
- ●Check marine terraces, Monterey shale exposures, and beach gravels
Era
Jurassic-Cretaceous
Type
marine reptile
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