MEET  SARAH

We are proud to announce that we have found at our dig site during the 2004 digging season
in Wyoming a Fossil
Stegosaur . Sarah  may  be the most complete Stegosaur ever found.


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                                Robert Simon, President of Dinosaur Safaris, Inc.
                                            with his remarkable discovery, Sara in 2004

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This is a site map showing how Sara was found in the ground.

 
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This Drawing of Sarah shows in White the bones that were not found at our dig site.

Sarah

An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera Stegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies. Stegosaurian dinosaurs are herbivorous and four legged.  They are unique in their two longitudinal rows of plates and spines on the back to tail and are up to 9 m in length. They appear to have five fingers per “hand”, but only three functional toes per foot.  Stegosaurians flourished during Jurassic period and are unique among ornithischians for their lack of ossified tendons, a feature which could be related to the peculiar form of the dorsals. Their small teeth and forelimbs indicate the feeding habit of browsing on small plants. Plates might have been used for thermo-regulation.

Dinosaur Safaris Inc (DSI) unearthed Sarah near Shell Wyoming this past summer.  DSI is a private corporation whose mission is to discover, excavate, study, and preserve dinosaur fossils and related artifacts. The company is currently working on a private ranch in the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming. In addition, DSI has a small group of buildings located in the town of Shell, Wyoming, which include a preparation lab and storage facility. Bob Simon of Spotsylvania, Virginia is the President and Chief Operating Officer of DSI. In addition Two Guys Fossils is the only authorized fossil dealer to offer many of these dinosaur fossils for sale.

In the summer of 2004, Mr. Simon made the extraordinary discovery of SARAH, a stegosaurus. DSI is currently booking paleontology expeditions for the summer of 2006.
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As of April 2005 Sarah is in Switzerland being cleaned and prepared for exhibit back here in the USA. The following pictures will show you some of what has been done to Sarah.

      
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Going from left to right on the top row of pictures are:
A Femur ,Mr. Bob Simon founder and owner of Sarah holding a Humerus
Last picture one of the many Fin Plates from Sarah.

Bottom 2 pictures show in detail the Skull of Sarah
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AS OF JANUARY 7, 2006

As work continues to get Sarah ready for the public viewing
the pictures below show how far we have come to date.
 

   
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Going left to right  the first picture  is the entire specimen .
The second picture is the Head of Sarah.
The third picture is the body of Sarah.

Allosaurus


What was this dinosaur ?
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                         Allosaurus

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Apatosaurus

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Camarasaurus




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Camarasaurus Humerus Bone # 818
( Partial )
Age: Jurassic
Location - Morrison Formation, Big Horn Basin, Wyoming, USA.
Size - 26" x 10" x 8"
$  600

Item # dino/camahum818-app600

Note: Partial Camarasaurus Humerus This is approximately 2/3 of a humerus or upper arm bone from a Camarasaurus. It is missing the large flange (proximal) end, but otherwise is a pretty nice bone. Preparation/restoration performed has been fracture filling (the bone was fractured when found) and the ends were sealed with bone dust and glue to prevent flaking away. If it had been complete, it would be worth over $1500. As is, it is a very nice specimen at a much lower price.

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 Camarasaurus Complete
Lower Leg # 139

Tibia, Fibula, Astralagus (ankle bone), 5 Metatarsals, 4 Toe Bones, 2 Claws &  Tibia & Fibula are 30 inches in length.
Age: Jurassic
Location - Morrison Formation, Big Horn Basin, Wyoming, USA.
Size - 4 Feet Long
$ 13,500 SALE PENDING

Item # dino/camaraleg139-app13,500

Note: .Beautiful specimen. All authentic bones, no casts. Very minor restoration (fracture filling).

Camptosaurus

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                          Diplodocus

Diplodocus caudal vertebra # 817
 
Age - Jurassic.
Location - Morrison Formation, Big Horn Basin, Wyoming, USA.
Size -10 " long x 9 1/2" wide x 3"
Size - 15" x 9 1/2" x 3" ( with processes )
$600

Item # dino/dipvert817-app600

Note:  A very nice anterior (near the hip) caudal vertebra that is nice black bone and good quality. It is missing the dorsal spine and a portion of a transverse process. Preparation involved matrix or rock removal and the reconstruction of some of the thin centrum edges. A very nice specimen.

Dryosaurus

Stegosaurus

Miscellaneous Dinosaur Bones
from our dig site in Wyoming.

This the way  we prepare the bones found at out dig site


Tough to get good pictures of the large bones. Here is a series of pictures of a Diplodocus femur in half-jacket. It is approximately 51 inches in length. The bone is actually black. The whitish or light coloring on the bone is a combination of gypsum coating, dust and some stabilizer. The one separate piece is a thin piece from the proximal end (near the hip) which may or may not be reattached. The exposed portion of the bone is the underside when found. There are of course fractures but I believe it is virtually if not 100% minus some very small pieces. Most of the matrix was removed from the exposed portion of the femur prior to jacketing and flipping it.