New Members Fluffy1 Posted June 6, 2022 New Members Share Posted June 6, 2022 Hi, this is heavy, solid, crazed nearly all over and about the size of a modern chicken's egg. I wondered if this was an actual fossil egg or would it be that clay - common in Essex, UK, has in-filled an egg through a small hole and solidified. Is there any way to tell, and how do I tell the age please? Thanks, Fluffy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 If you could tell us exactly where and how this was found, then we can judge the stratigraphical range better and therefore also its age. Interesting looking piece. How hard and heavy is it? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 I'm thinking that this is likely a septarian concretion but it looks a lot more egg-like than the dozens of purported eggs that we see here on a regular basis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concretion#Septarian_concretions One of our members is a professional paleontologist who specializes in fossilized eggs. He's written a few guides which should be helpful. From what I know it is the texture in the "shell" material that is the most reliable feature in separating fossilized eggs from their mimics. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/92370-think-you-found-an-egg-read-this-first-dinosaur-egg-guide-basic/ http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/92371-advanced-dinosaur-egg-guide/ Cheers. -Ken P.S.: Welcome to TFF! Lots of great information archived here on the forum and helpful members as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 My first thought was septarian propagation cracks on your specimen. A quick search gave me this: AnalysisofDesiccationCrackPatternsofExpansiveSoilTreatedwithLignosulphonateandLime.pdf 4 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Close, but no banana, I feel. 3 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Certainly looks like an egg, but if I was a betting man, I would bet everything its not an egg. RB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 18 minutes ago, RJB said: Certainly looks like an egg, but if I was a betting man, I would bet everything its not an egg. RB I would bet all of RJB's money that this is an egg, but there is no way I would bet any of my own. Septarian concretion. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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