Below is a gallery/slide show of the Katie project. Just click on an image and you can start the full size slide view. Below the images is some more information about "Katie", a Thescelosaurus neglectus associated skeleton. Discovered in 2018.
Thescelosaur specimen laid out for position in skeleton.
Day of discovery! This is a picture of the beginning of the Katie site. A caudal vertebra and an ischium were the first bones exposed.
Removing overburden from the Katie site.
Removing the overburden from the Katie site. This was hard-rock digging.
Working around the skeleton elements at the Katie site.
Exposing a pubis from Thescelosaurus at the Katie site.
Starting to map the Katie site.
Numbering the exposed elements at the Katie site for cataloging the specimen.
Clayton and Luke working in the Katie site.
View of the Katie site from "Scorpion Ridge"
Specimen Information
Thescelosaurus neglectus from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. Collected in N.E. Montana in 2018. Discovered by Katie Busch.
Highlights
- An associated skeleton of one of the rarest herbivores in the Hell Creek Formation.
- Over 30 near complete elements found at the site.
- Very good fossil preservation.
- Both left and right - Ilium, ischium, and pubis.
Status:
This specimen is currently under preparation and site excavation. As we progress in 2019, we will update its status.