Harry Pristis Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Random vertebrae are very difficult for me, but I do have a few identified examples: 6 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...
Spoons Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I have a pretty cool Bison Priscus atlas vertebrae. (1st cervical vertebrae) Its got some neat barnacles and bryozoans attaches to the surface too. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Here are a few more examples from my very limited collection: "It is from an alligator. In gators the first neck vertebra, the atlas, does not fuse and remains three separate pieces of bone. This is one of them, called the intercentrum." ---Richard Hulbert --------- It seems that the crocodilians alone, among higher vertebrates, retain a primitive amphibian structure of the atlas. The atlas is the only place in higher vertebrates where an intercentrum occurs. The other two bones are the pleurocentra. 9 1 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...
Harry Pristis Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 A few more examples: 9 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...
caterpillar Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Atlas and sacrum of Palaeotherium magnum, upper eocene, southwest France 5 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 9 hours ago, caterpillar said: Atlas and sacrum of Palaeotherium magnum, upper eocene, southwest France Scale?? 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...
Harry Pristis Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I guess no one bothers to photograph these bone because they are so esoteric. But, they would be easier to identify if we became more familiar with them through images like these. 11 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...
caterpillar Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 12 hours ago, Harry Pristis said: Scale?? Sorry! 185mm for the atlas and 190mm for the sacrum http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Triceratops had one of the largest dinosaur skulls known at the end of the cretaceous. To hold that skull in place was a group of vertebrae. This is the lateral view of the anterior coalesced cervical vertebrae, or syncervical, of a Triceratops/Torosaurus from the Hell Creek Formation. The photo shows the Atlas, Axis and third cervical fused into one large vertebra. 17.5" (45 cm) wide The large socket that supports the skull. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Holy Cow! Some amazing stuff on this thread! I found this at Capitola many years ago. it was in a very large rock. The lateral processes went to the edge of the rock. I wish there was more rock. Very nicely preserved! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flx Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Some mosasaur vertebrae that I prepped a while ago. The slab is about 1m long. Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. Late Cretaceous. If you look closely you can additionally see a small shark tooth. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruger9a Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 WOW!!!! This is a great thread with some outstanding photos (especially the 3D) and LOTS of useful/helpful information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgdls Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Lots of superb information in this thread. Here's a partial Ophthalmosaurus icenicus backbone, cervical to dorsal region. The neck is curved through a considerable angle. The neurals never ossify to the centrum in this species (or in any other ichthyosaur to my knowledge). Some neural arches and spines were also present (see last photo (unusual for the pedicles to be in 3_D and not crushed together. Alfred Leeds spent decades trying to find such an example)): 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 On 21/01/2020 at 6:25 PM, LordTrilobite said: I'll add some spinosaur vertebrae in sequence. We need some 3d scans. Cervical. Dorsal. Caudal. can you use VERTual realilty with these images 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Here's the only bison axis I've ever recovered: 6 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...
caterpillar Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Rhabdodon priscus from campanian of southwest France. 130mm 7 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 A Dinosaur vertebra "in situ" from Portugal Cretaceous: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Jurassic vertebras: Dinosaur: Caudal Sauropod? Croc? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flx Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I'll add some more jurrasic sauropod verts: Camarasaurus sp. , Morrison Formation Caudal vertebrae 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flx Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Camarasaurus sp. , Morrison Formation Cervical Vertebrae 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flx Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Camarasaurus sp. , Morrison Formation Dorsal Vertebra 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone Daddy Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 Wow wow wow. I am definitely having the worst case of vert-envy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone Daddy Posted March 7, 2020 Author Share Posted March 7, 2020 I found this unknown vert on my last fossil-hunting trip. I have no idea what it is. I didn't even realize it was a vert at first. It was caked in muddy clay and I just thought it was a "chunkasaurus" bone fragment, so it tossed it in my bag of finds without much thought. I got home, cleaned it up, and was pleased to see that it's a vert of some kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeriderdon Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Vertebra you say? I have some. No dino though. The first two pics are assorted verts from Lee Creek, Calvert Cliffs and a creek or two in MD. Mostly porpoise, whale, and fish and one croc in there. These are my two largest whale verts from Lee Creek. Of course, these plus a LOT of other bone stuff was found at the furthest point I went that day. That was a HEAVY backpack. Shark verts from Lee Creek This beauty was lying on a sand bar in a creek in MD. People too busy digging for megs and missed this. And likely my favorite vert I have. Llama I collected in Leisey Shell pit in Fla. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone Daddy Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Awesome vert collection! That heart-shaped on the llama vert reminds me a vert I found several years back. It also had a heart-shape on the central column. I didn't know what it was, and now I am thinking it might have been a llama and I didn't realize it. Or, is that heart shape common to certain types of vertebrae? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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