South Dakota Dinosaur Bone Fragment
Jurassic-Cretaceous
About South Dakota Dinosaur Bone Fragment
The South Dakota Dinosaur Bone Fragment is a dinosaur fossil dating to the Jurassic-Cretaceous. Dinosaur Bone Fragment is a realistic South 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 South 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 Oligocene mammals.
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Location: Black Hills National Forest
National Forest • Seasonal edible mushrooms, Common invertebrate fossils in float
Location: Custer State Park
State Park • Photo opportunities, Exposed shoreline stones
Location: Badlands National Park
National Park • Site-specific opportunities, Historic landscape clues
Location: Palisades 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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