LanceH Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Well I know it's a mosasaur vertebra but have yet to get a conclusive ID. So far I've heard Halisaurus and Plio-Platycarpus. Everhart says it's a cervical vert, fairly close to the skull. I found this one near Ben Franklin, Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 There really needs to be a webpage that shows the discernable differences between all the Mosasaurine verts and how to identify each one. While some people have access to whole skeletons in the field and the lab... the average fossil enthusiast mostly finds isolated verts. Does anyone know of some good reference material that would be helpful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 well its a great find, i dont know anything about mosasaur verts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 There really needs to be a webpage that shows the discernable differences between all the Mosasaurine verts and how to identify each one. While some people have access to whole skeletons in the field and the lab... the average fossil enthusiast mostly finds isolated verts. Does anyone know of some good reference material that would be helpful? Lance, you've hit on one of my wish list items. I've mentioned to Everhart and others that Mosasaur vertebrae seem to be the "forgotten" bones in the published material. There seem to be some experts out there that can ID many verts on sight. As you know, that doesn't help us. Let me know if you find anything. Like Mike said, it is a cervical vertebra. As to the type of mosasaur, I don't know. It has some similarities to a partial Plioplatecarpus I found in 2006, but I don't have enough of the cervicals to make a comparison. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Nice mosasaur vert Lance, better than the few I've found. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybodus Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Hi Lance, I don't think it's Halisaurus, but I base that on the specimens I have collected from the Late Campanian of Mississippi - I have a few Halisaurus verts positvely ID'd as such by E. Manning and M. Everhart, but I am not a Mo expert and probably have much less Mo material than you do. I do agree that it would be cool to have a reference that helps with the ID of Mo verts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Great find! Mosasaur is one of my wish list fossils. In the future I hope to collect at sites which are rich in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSRaddict_1 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Don't know what kind it is , but a nice one nun the less , did you look around real good chances are there were more . Yeah , a guide would be nice , found some older papers on Mosasaurs with drawings but nothing that good . We have several of those darn things , and would be nice to know about them . Say isn't that where they found fish skulls at , Ben Franklin ? Always smells fishy to me when we go there .:-) Hunting fossils is fun , but discovering is better ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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