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My name is Caleb Bartlett, I am a double major in Geology and Biology here at Macalester College. I was born and raised in Central New Jersey, but currently reside in Washington, DC when not in Minnesota. I am a member of the Macalester Flat Earth Open Ultimate Frisbee team and a trombonist in the Macalester “Macjazz” Band. I like to spend a lot of my time outdoors, especially hunting for rocks and fossils. Since my sophomore year, I have been volunteering at an active, public access dinosaur dig site in Laurel, Maryland. My time at this site has not only led to my capstone project, but has allowed me to gain significant experience in aspects of science education, curation, in addition to aspects of field work in vertebrate paleontology.
Abstract
Some of the first dinosaurs ever described in the United States are from the Patuxent Formation in central Maryland. Using a combination of visual observation, Elongation Index ratios, and comparative anatomy, 26 previously undescribed fossil elements of sauropod dinosaurs from the Patuxent Formation of Maryland were analyzed and described. While the only sauropod from this region has historically been Astrodon johnstoni, morphological characteristics, such as caudal procoely, observed on some of the caudal vertebrae in this study makes this conclusion doubtful at best.
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