New Members luvdirt Posted April 5, 2009 New Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 Hello all. Just checking this site out and was wondering if someone could help me id this for me. I found it just north of Flagstaff, Arizona about a year ago but I have no idea what it could be. Someone told me it looked like a vertebrae but not sure. Here are the pics. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 It looks to me like it's carved; maybe an artifact of some sort? "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...
tracer Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 ok, first of all, if it's a vertebrae, then i'm good lookin'. wait, no need for me to get ugly to myself, that didn't come out like i wanted it to. i'm pretty confident that it isn't a vertebrae. ok, second of all, it's not a vertebrae, i don't think. i have some short-term memory issues, but don't remember seeing anything like it before. ok, third of all, i'm the forum fool, so nice to meet ya, but don't expect too much value from my foolservations. ok, fourthly, if auspex isn't correct, then i'd guess it's a naturally formed oddity that's not a fossil. and first i'd like to say, welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micropterus101 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Appears to be an oddly shaped and well worn sandstone concretion. fossil crabs website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members luvdirt Posted April 5, 2009 Author New Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 Took some more pics. Shows the color better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 actually, i agree with micropterus, unless the thing tastes like cinnamon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Whatever it is, it's plenty cool. I'm still struggling to recognize an organic origin to the form and structure. "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...
Frank Menser Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I dunno...it kind of looks a bit to me like a trace fossil, maybe something's burrowing. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Not bone, but it looks like a artifact of some kind to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 actually, i agree with micropterus, unless the thing tastes like cinnamon. Left it in the oven too long, didn't ya'. "Saw it, right off." Since you have it in hand, does it appear to be made of coarse sand? Or, is it porous like some volcanic rocks (eg. lave, pumice)? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members luvdirt Posted April 6, 2009 Author New Members Share Posted April 6, 2009 John, yes it looks like coarse sand. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I'll agree with artifact on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 It looks to me like it's carved; maybe an artifact of some sort? Appears to be a stream-polished representation of a wedjat or "eye of Horus." Proof positive of early Egyptians discovering the New World before the Vikings. 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...
JohnJ Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Appears to be a stream-polished representation of a wedjat or "eye of Horus." Proof positive of early Egyptians discovering the New World before the Vikings. Harry, your "appearition" and observation is an obvious obfuscation. Anyone with half an eye can see that this is a belly-button (outie) from one of the statues on Easter Island. Thus, proving that Thor H. was right. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Bah, you're both wrong. It's obviously an earpiece from the early Myan civilization. They'd stick it in and hear one anothers' comments. Insanely advanced. Then the Spaniard who's eyes were stuck on the gold accidentally burnt all of the pieces in a massive fire. It then fell into an opening in a rock, and later was uncovered. Congratulations! Btw, please disregard my comment or the other two above it, as they're inane, insane, and all around inadequate when it comes to being the answer to your plea for an I.D. ~Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 <snip>Btw, please disregard my comment or the other two above it, as they're inane, insane, and all around inadequate when it comes to being the answer to your plea for an I.D. ~Eric The wise man may apologize for his own foolishness, but he never volunteers to apologize for the behavior of another. 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...
Bill Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Sandstone cast of the impression left by a gas bubble escaping from a mud, tar, etc, type sediment?? See bottom right corner Here KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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