Description
Cretaceous Lizard Scale
- Lizard Scale
- Cretaceous Age
- Hell Creek Formation
- Carter County, Montana
- RARE Specimen measures approx. 3.4mm wide and will come in a 1.25″ gem jar
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WHAT KIND OF LIZARD IS THIS FROM?
Not much can be found on what types of Lizards roamed Montana during the Cretaceous. However there has been a NEW Lizard found in Montana. It is named Magnuviator ovimonsensis. The name means “mighty traveler from Egg Mountain.” These specimens are the oldest, most complete iguanian fossils discovered in the Americas.
WHAT DID MONTANA LOOK LIKE DURING THE CRETACEOUS?
During the early Cretaceous the state was home to its first flowering plants as well as predators such as Deinonychus. Later the Western Interior Seaway, home to creatures such as mosasaurs and plesiosaurs, came to cover the state. On land, the duckbilled Maiasaura formed vast nesting colonies. By the end of the Cretaceous Montana was home to some of the most famous dinosaurs; creatures such as Edmontosaurus, Triceratops, and Tyrannosaurus.
