NSRaddict_1 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Find we made in Granbury , looking for pyrite cubes : Crocodile , and bird ? Hunting fossils is fun , but discovering is better ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 very cool, im not sure on what the tooth is, it looks like croc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 If the bone is hollow, it probably is bird. What size is it? What is the age of the deposit? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 is the bone broken on the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSRaddict_1 Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 If the bone is hollow, it probably is bird. What size is it? What is the age of the deposit? It looks as if at one time it was hollow , it is about 1" long , I would think somewhere around 90 to 105 myo . is the bone broken on the end? Yes . Here is end view , best as I can get : Hunting fossils is fun , but discovering is better ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 could the bone have broke and then filled with sand or something? Does it look like bone on the inside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Tooth looks to be a croc tooth in my opinion, the bone.. I'm clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Owens Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Tooth looks like "Sea Lizard." Possibly Mosasaur. That's my "SWAG." -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 If the bone is sediment filled (but otherwise hollow), it could be the distal end of an avian tibiotarsus; it's a little worn to do much more with these views. This is a marine deposit? If so, that would be a pretty short list of avian candidates from that time frame; Icthyornis, and the Hesperornithiforms Although the Hesperornithiforms did not have hollow tibiotarsi, it is far too small. So, if it isn't hollow, it's probably not avian; if it is, it might be Icthyornis (although an enantiornithine is known from late Cretaceous marine deposits). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSRaddict_1 Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 could the bone have broke and then filled with sand or something? Does it look like bone on the inside? From what I can tell with the loupe I have , it does look as if thought it has a outer layer then no bone marrow structure , so it could be as you say . filled in with matrix material , We looked very closely in the area for more bones , but none were to be found . Hunting fossils is fun , but discovering is better ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 The age of the deposits around Granbury would be too old for mosasaur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 well to me it doesn't look like it has any inner bone structure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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