fossilshk Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) This is my new collection Hadrosaur skin fossil. Exchange from my friend in USA . This is a mummified dinosaur skin fossil. Montana , HellCreek FM. Please feel free to leave me comment. Edited January 6, 2011 by fossilshk 2 1 Dinosaur Fossil Lab http://www.fossilshk.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Nice! Large specimen, too. Did you get that from Nate M.? "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...
fossilshk Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 Nice! Large specimen, too. Did you get that from Nate M.? No. Thanks Auspex~ Dinosaur Fossil Lab http://www.fossilshk.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) Nice! Large specimen, too. Did you get that from Nate M.? Is Nate still around? Last I saw was a whole string of newspaper articles that almost shocked me... Oh, and that is a very nice piece of hadro skin. Good size. Edited January 7, 2011 by jpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Very detailed... I like it Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Very nice. I saw a few of those at a show last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 OMG! Wow! It is amazing! I want one too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexx Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Wow, this is one of the coolest fossils I have seen! You can send it to me along with the eggs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Very nice. I saw a few of those at a show last year. I saw the first one at two different shows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Really Neat !!! Thanks for sharing. "...a fossil of mummified skin..." Is it rocklike similar to a traditional fossil? looks like it is skin over some other substance. Is the other substance the thickness of the skin, or bone fossils or flesh mummified fossil? AM I just thinking about this wrong? The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Fossilshk, a pretty amazing specimen! Thanks for showing us. MikeD, thanks for the additional shots! What great details! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilshk Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 Thanks all ! Dinosaur Fossil Lab http://www.fossilshk.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Really Neat !!! Thanks for sharing. "...a fossil of mummified skin..." Is it rocklike similar to a traditional fossil? looks like it is skin over some other substance. Is the other substance the thickness of the skin, or bone fossils or flesh mummified fossil? AM I just thinking about this wrong? From what I have seen and heard, it is all basically a sand/sandstone cast (except the bones of course). It feels like rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Thanks for sharing, cool photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) From what I have seen and heard, it is all basically a sand/sandstone cast (except the bones of course). It feels like rock. Indeed.. fossilized skin isn't really the skin, it's the skin impression in the (usually) sandstone. Unlike bone, it has no thickness. Texture, yes, thickness, no. Does that make sense? You can see what I mean in the second (edge-on) photo of this cool specimen. That is rock below the skin impression. Edited January 11, 2011 by jpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexx Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Indeed.. fossilized skin isn't really the skin, it's the skin impression in the (usually) sandstone. Unlike bone, it has no thickness. Texture, yes, thickness, no. Does that make sense? You can see what I mean in the second (edge-on) photo of this cool specimen. That is rock below the skin impression. Sorry for asking stupid questions but I have no clue about fossils like that. When I imagine the skin on the dinosaur, in my imagination the "scales" point outward, so one could feel very slight bumps. If the fossil is a cast of the skin structure, shouldn't it look like small depressions corresponding to the bumps on the living dinosaur? Like a negative impression of a trilobite for instances? When I take a look at the pictures however it looks like the bumpos point outwards just like I imagine it on the living hadrosaur?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 it's a cast in silt of an external mold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 The term "mummified" here means that the skin was dessicated (probably before burial) and did not decompose until after it had left an impression in the encasing matrix. The space it vacated after that was later filled (perhaps concurrently) and the resulting fossil is a positive cast of that mold. 1 "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...
MikeD Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Sorry for asking stupid questions but I have no clue about fossils like that. When I imagine the skin on the dinosaur, in my imagination the "scales" point outward, so one could feel very slight bumps. If the fossil is a cast of the skin structure, shouldn't it look like small depressions corresponding to the bumps on the living dinosaur? Like a negative impression of a trilobite for instances? When I take a look at the pictures however it looks like the bumpos point outwards just like I imagine it on the living hadrosaur?! Not a stupid question. This is how we learn. I should have explained the term "cast" better as the others have now done. So, since it is a positive cast, your "imagination" of the pictures is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Very cool ! Reminds me of some of the varanid skins from extant examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Mike D, when and what show were those at? www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Mike D, when and what show were those at? My first pic was at Fossilmania in Glen Rose, TX, last October. The rest (one the same piece) was at the Houston Gem, Mineral, Fossil, Jewelry, etc. Show, Houston, TX last November. A guy who I had met once before (I know his father) is prepping a complete Hadrosaur. If I remember correctly, the one they had found was missing the tail. He found another one with a good tail and missing a bunch of other parts and took the tail from it. So, his will actually be a composite. The pieces for sale were left over from the partial one after he excavated the tail. Another guy was selling the pieces. You can see part of the prepped tail in one of my pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexx Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 (edited) Not a stupid question. This is how we learn. I should have explained the term "cast" better as the others have now done. So, since it is a positive cast, your "imagination" of the pictures is correct. Thanks for the explanation. I thought about that option right after sending the post actually. But how can you discern a positive cast of a negative impression from something that fossilized itself, just as it was? Edited January 12, 2011 by Mexx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracorex_hogwartsia Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) I know this is an old topic but I love dinosaur skin. After dinosaur teeth, it is definitely my favorite type of fossil. Anybody have anything new they would like to share? I'll start. Sorry, I know it's a little out of focus. Edited November 1, 2015 by Dracorex_hogwartsia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Very nice, locality and size?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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