North Dakota Dinosaur Bone Fragment
Jurassic-Cretaceous
About North Dakota Dinosaur Bone Fragment
The North Dakota Dinosaur Bone Fragment is a dinosaur fossil dating to the Jurassic-Cretaceous. Dinosaur Bone Fragment is a realistic North Dakota fossil profile built around mineralized cortical bone from large terrestrial vertebrates in badlands. 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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Fossil collecting rules in North Dakota vary by land status and fossil type. Common invertebrate fossils may be collectible on some public lands, but vertebrate fossils, protected park units, tribal lands, and cultural sites require a much higher level of care and often a permit. This is especially relevant in Hell Creek fossils, ammonites, and river gravels.
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Location: Little Missouri State Park
State Park • Photo opportunities, Exposed shoreline stones
Location: Lake Sakakawea State Park
State Park • Photo opportunities, Exposed shoreline stones
Location: Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park
State Park • Photo opportunities, Exposed shoreline stones
Location: Grahams Island State Park
State Park • Photo opportunities, Exposed shoreline stones
Identification Tips
- ●porous internal structure
- ●dense outer cortex
- ●non-layered mineral replacement
- ●Check chalk beds, badlands mudstones, and river gravels
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