A historic find: University of Oregon scientists discover first Oregon dinosaur fossil
[NOTE: There was another recent Oregon dinosaur find--a hadrosaur sacrum from the Oregon coast, already posted on the DML. Here's the link again...
This paper describes a partial dinosaur sacrum of Campanian age from the shallow marine Cape Sebastian Sandstone in Curry County, Oregon. It is the first dinosaur fossil from the State. The specimen is from a hadrosaurid because it possesses at least eight sacral vertebrae and has lamellar sacral ribs characteristic of hadrosaurs. The morphology of the sacral ribs suggests a hadrosaurine.Â