South Dakota Plesiosaur Vertebra
Jurassic-Cretaceous
About South Dakota Plesiosaur Vertebra
The South Dakota Plesiosaur Vertebra is a marine-reptile fossil dating to the Jurassic-Cretaceous. Plesiosaur Vertebra is a realistic South Dakota fossil profile built around round spool-like vertebra from long-necked marine reptiles. In this state, success usually comes from learning chalk beds, badlands mudstones, and river gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
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Identification Tips
- ●spool-shaped centrum
- ●symmetrical articular faces
- ●dense marine fossilization
- ●Check chalk beds, badlands mudstones, and river gravels
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