Identification of tooth traces from a Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Edmontosaurus annectens bonebed in the Lance Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A. (IMAGE)

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Identification of tooth traces from a Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Edmontosaurus annectens bonebed in the Lance Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Caption

Tooth trace types on rib specimens. A) Prominent furrow tooth trace on rib fragment HRS09477. B) Two puncture traces on rib fragment HRS09477 indicated by arrows on the opposing side of a furrow on Fig 3A. C) Magnified image of the puncture on HRS09477 indicated by arrow 2 on Fig 3B, indicating the pull and drag from the bite. D) Rib fragment HRS03161 with puncture and associated drag from the bite. E) Rib fragment HRS09551 with parallel scores. F) Rib HRS03387 with prominent scores and associated tooth trace ichnotaxon Knethichnus parallelum. G) Magnification of area indicated by the white box featuring prominent and detailed parallel Knethichnus parallelum traces. H) Rib HRS09954 with a long score trace indicated by the arrow. 

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C. T. Siviero et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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