Fossil Dinosaur Ceratopsian Vertebra Centrum Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Alberta

Description

Here is a nice Ceratopsian Vertebra Centrum, from the Late Cretaceous, about 74 to 67 million years ago, the last great age of the Dinosaurs. Found in Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada.
The vertebra is about 2.5 inches, and it weighs 10.7 oz.  It is the centrum. The processes are missing but a portion of the neural canal is visible. This specimen, a cervical vertebrae has some wear, with a repaired crack.
A Ceratopsian is a group of herbivores (plant-eaters) with a bony frill on the back of the head and an upper beak bone, the Rostral.  It is impossible to identify which species a single vertebra belongs to without more bones by it.  Anchiceratops and Pachyrhinosaurus are two Ceratopsians that lived in the area. Triceratops is the most famous of the Ceratopsians.
Alberta has strict rules governing the export of dinosaur bones.
Fossils may not be removed from the province of Alberta without government permission. This requires getting a Disposition Certificate from the government. Dinosaur bones found today are generally not eligible.
This specimen is part of a collection of dinosaur material that was collected many years ago, before these laws were in effect. Therefore, the collection was "grandfathered" in. The collection was reviewed by the Royal Tyrrell Museum and a disposition certificate issued for portions of it that were not considered scientifically significant. This allowed the fossils to leave Alberta. The disposition certificate (#000024-25) is on file with the Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta.
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