New Members Kcjr35 Posted April 18, 2022 New Members Share Posted April 18, 2022 Looking for help identifying fossils I was given 35 years ago that was found in Indiana. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 it looks like several large vertebrae, but I would like a close up photo to see actual bone stucture-- an area where the internal bone is exposed would help me to know that it is not a copy or a rock look alike. If it is bone it is huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Kcjr35 Posted April 18, 2022 Author New Members Share Posted April 18, 2022 There was 5 pieces found and split between family. It has been in my family since 1950. I’m almost certain this is petrified. It’s very heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Kcjr35 Posted April 18, 2022 Author New Members Share Posted April 18, 2022 Ends 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 More photos in sunlight could be useful. A couple of close ups of the broken end texture would help, too. Thanks. 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 the ends are disappointing to me because I dont see anything that looks like bone. It should look something like a soup bone with meshwork through the center. I would consider taking it to be seen by state university geology or paleontologist . i am showing you someones piece of a vertebrae and piece of dino bone for sale where you see what internal surface I am expecting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Well . . . There are no dinosaurs to be found in Indiana -- rocks there are too early for dinosaurs. And, much too early for whales. These palaeozoic rocks are predominantly marine in origin. Possibly, it's wood, totally replaced wood. This would have to be washed in from the North. Could be a Pennsylvanian sphenopsid like Bowmanites. 4 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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