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Dinosaur Dig in the Hell Creek formation of Montana

Images by Paul and Hillary Murdock




This pathology on the bone Paul is holding could have been caused by an old injury when alive. It could be from an infection, injury, or bite from a predator. There may be a tooth tip embedded in it, leading one to beleive it is from a predator bite. At any rate, the wound healed over, and the Triceratops lived on to see another day.

To the right is a tooth tip from the Triceratops.





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