"Exceptionally rare" dinosaur fossils discovered in Maryland
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Rare dinosaur fossils found in Maryland bone bed Rare dinosaur fossils found in Maryland bone bed 00:46 Paleontologists and volunteers at Maryland's Dinosaur Park discovered a "bone bed" with rare dinosaur fossils earlier this year, including the largest theropod fossil in eastern North America, officials announced this week. It was the first bone bed found in Maryland since 1887, Prince George's County Parks and Recreation said in a news release . Paleontologists use the term "bone bed" when bones of one or more species are found concentrated in a single geologic layer, the department explained. Dinosaur fossils "are exceptionally rare&