Fossils Sold Gallery
This is a selection of some of the fossils previously sold by Dinoland Plus.
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Top-of-Line Nest 95% Shell of 2 HUGE GIGANTORAPTOR or possible TARBOSAURUS EGGSDESCRIPTION: The most rare of all dinosaurs eggs are from the top predators on the food chain. And the largest egg genus are those of Macroelongatoolithus. Since first described in 1995 by Li, Yin, and Liu this huge egg type was often conjectured as having been laid by a Tarbosaur. The dinosaur species was originally described as Tyrannosaurus bataar by Maleev in 1955. Ten years later in 1965 Rozhdestvensky placed it in Tarbosaurus. Later still, Paul (1988) put it back into Tyrannosaurus, which was accepted by most, but not all. Hence the intermingling of the two names when discussing this dinosaur genus. These eggs were associated with Tarbosaurus / Tyrannosaurus solely because of their large size, shape, rarity, formation found, and the lack of another similar size/type dinosaur known in the same time / location as the eggs. Yet, there was no hard evidence to back up the conjecture because of a lack of preserved late-stage embryonic bones within this egg type (which itself is incredibly rare). Plus, the similarity with the much smaller oviraptor eggs made researchers hesitant to push the claim. Indeed, dinosaur egg expert Dr. Darla Zelenitsky had already asserted that this egg type is from an as-yet undiscovered type of giant oviraptor. Then everything changed in mid 2007 with the announcement of "A Gigantic Bird-like Dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China" just as Dr. Zelenitsky had predicted. ture. The paper describes the fossil remains of a huge dinosaur found in northern China that was as tall as the formidable Tyrannosaur. It would have been about 26 feet long, 16 feet tall, and weighed 3,000 pounds -- and was christened Gigantoraptor erlianensis. This has not been x-rayed so we do not know if any of the eggs contain embryonic remains. Locality: Nanyang, Hanan Provence, China
This massive specimen weighs a back-breaking 259 pounds (estimated) and required a custom-made wood crate for transporting it. We have not prepared it since the new owner may be a museum or university who may wish to do the work themselves. However, we are pleased to undertake the commission if the winner desires, at a cost of $50 / hour for 40 ~ 80 hours. This egg type is identical to that in which fossilized embryo "Baby Louie" was found and subsequently featured in the May 1996 edition of National Geographic. Early on, the fossil embryo was tentatively identified as a Therizinosaur. |
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Very Nice X-Large Maiasaura Hadrosaur Dinosaur from Remote Area in MontanaSpecies: Maiasaura pebblesorum (Duck-bill Hadrosaur) Species description: Duck-bill dinosaur 18' tall and 30 ft, flatheaded, toothless beak but behind beak many rows of teeth with long tail like a Iguanodon and was a herbivore that lived on course and found in herds so social animal . It was called the "good mother" dinosaur since many nests were discovered each about 23 ft apart and 10 ft in diameter. Geologic strata: Two Medicine Formation Geologic Period: Late Cretaceous 80-70 MYA Item Location: Bynum, Montana Item description and rating: 12 Very nice x-Large Rare Adult Maiasaura (Hadrosaur)Tibia that is a beautifully colored and structured bone. IT is over 40" long so from an extremely large Maisasaura. They were smaller than EDmontosaurus and was the forerunner to this animal. The dark brown color make it an exceptional find. This is for someone who wants perfection and top quality. The dark brown natural underground color is distinctive and make the pristine shape accentuated. This was found close to nests so such a good mother watching eggs of Maiasaura babies . These are only found at one location in the US in upper Montana at a formation that only stretches in one area . It has less than 10% restore with a number of breaks crack filled . While 40" it weighs 24 lbs . What a museum piece and first one of this animal I ever saw. |

