austinh Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 I got this bone fragment off the forum auction- btw there is another auction going on right now! its a great way to explore fossils from formations outside your area! Go check it out, it supports this forum! Back to my question- the fossil is from the hell creek formation and was listed on the auction as a possible vertebrae, it wasn't fully prepped when I got it and I have spent some time cleaning it up. My questions are: 1.) is it possible to determine what part of the skeleton it is from? Vertebrae or not? I am not seeing the vertebrae connection in it, but dino bones are so much larger than anything I am used to. If it is a partial vertebrae is it possible to point out what part of the vertebrae it is from? 2.) is it possible to determine what dinosaur it came from? Group of dinosaurs if not a specific species Curious to learn and any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB003 Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 It may be. County may help if you have it. All I can really offer is not theropod. Does not have the "honeycomb" structure I'd expect to see in my opinion. *Frank* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinh Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 1 hour ago, FB003 said: It may be. County may help if you have it. The other hell creek bone was listed as Jordan MT, the location of this one was not given. Could very well be from the same location, but then also not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patelinho7 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 13 hours ago, FB003 said: It may be. County may help if you have it. All I can really offer is not theropod. Does not have the "honeycomb" structure I'd expect to see in my opinion. Can you explain what “honeycomb” structure is and how to identify it? Is it the cancellous internal spongy structure? Are the pores supposed to be honeycomb (hexagonal) in a theropod bone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB003 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 @patelinho7 Some examples. A more in depth search of the forum using keywords will likely provide you more but this is all I have the time to track down at the moment. I can't speak to the technical side of it but visually I don't see it. 2nd link has better pictures. 1 1 *Frank* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Hi, I am no dino expert, but I think what is meant by honeycomb structure is spongiosa (the porous structure inside the bone) which has bigger/more pores in theropods. They are not supposed to be hexagonal, although adjoining "bubbles" may be. Best regards, J 1 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 This is definitely a piece of a dino vertebra. My initial feeling is a hadrosaur cervical, but that is merely an educated guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex S. Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Looks like you did a great job! It is from Garfield county about 20 miles south of Jordan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinh Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 On 7/9/2024 at 7:31 PM, jpc said: This is definitely a piece of a dino vertebra. My initial feeling is a hadrosaur cervical, but that is merely an educated guess. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinh Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 On 7/9/2024 at 8:57 PM, Alex S. said: Looks like you did a great job! It is from Garfield county about 20 miles south of Jordan. Thanks, it was a delight to clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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