Fishkeeper Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 This is in a limestone cave out in West Texas. I don't know anything further, I'm not there in person- the pics are from my brother. It looks a little like a turtle shell to me, but not segmented like they are. What really comes to mind is a crocodile scute, but I don't think there were any giant crocodiles in Texas, and I don't think any of them got quite THIS big anyway. The size of it really has my attention. If it was tiny, I'd think it was some form of invertebrate sea life or another, something I'm just not familiar with. That size, though? I have no idea. (Best picture they could get, it was by flashlight. Second pic shows texture.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 So, W. Tx. is a pretty big area, bigger than some states, and I'm not sure what part of W. Tx. your brother is in, but you might find this interesting: https://www.nps.gov/bibe/learn/nature/deinosuchus.htm I'm not saying it's a croc, I'm just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 It would really need to be cleaned up a bit. I wouldn't rule out a dislocated piece of cone in cone structure though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Rockwood said: It would really need to be cleaned up a bit. I wouldn't rule out a dislocated piece of cone in cone structure though. I agree that it could be some sort of dislocated cave/geological structure and more cleanup would be necessary. Limestone can have some strangely weathered and water eroded shapes. Doubly so in a leaky cave. 2 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishkeeper Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 Hello, long time no see. I may be going out to this place again this autumn, as it has rather good birding. I know chances are likely this is some sort of geological structure, but is it worth trying to locate and get a better look at, on the off chance it's not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patelinho7 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Sure! Take some water and a way to clean it off if you can. But be prepared for the reality that it’s nothing, or at least not what you expected. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishkeeper Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 Given the couple of people who responded with some form of "looks like a rock", I'm not really expecting anything. Worth having another look, I figure, since it wasn't "that's definitely a rock". That, and the cave has pseudoscorpions and blind opiliones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 (edited) As others have said, without a cleaning and much better photos we will not be able to say more. Coco Edited July 1 by Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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