Righteous Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Last one and I swear I’ll stop asking questions. This is the track in question about it being lightly stained and what you thought about staining. Is this a real trace fossil that you can tell of? If so is this light staining acceptable? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 @Righteous Please remember to remove anything in a photo that identifies the seller or pricing. I've edited these things out of your posted image. 2 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I'd pass on this one. At first glance it looks like the seller has a good imagination. It's better to judge tracks without any staining on them, then you can stain them yourself afterwards if you want to. It's also very important to know the exact provenance of the fossil. Did the seller give this information? 3 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Staining of dino tracks is most often done with readily removable watercolor paint. However, there may certainly be lasting alterations, as well. To my eye the "painter" of the pictured piece has been overambitious as to the tracks natural margins. Regarding coloring tracks in general, I prefer the unaltered. 2 Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 PASS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 This is what I am seeing: At best, this is a poor partial print. At worst, a suggestive shape, enhanced by the paint. 5 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righteous Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 3 hours ago, Ludwigia said: I'd pass on this one. At first glance it looks like the seller has a good imagination. It's better to judge tracks without any staining on them, then you can stain them yourself afterwards if you want to. It's also very important to know the exact provenance of the fossil. Did the seller give this information? Formation: Portland (Connecticut Valley Region) Location: South Hadley, Massachusetts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Righteous said: Formation: Portland (Connecticut Valley Region) Location: South Hadley, Massachusetts That is definitely a valid location. Not a great print, however. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Yeah, as everyone has already said this doesn't look like a good track. CT River valley tracks are mostly eubrontes and Grallator neither of which match the anatomy of this drawn on outline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 19 hours ago, Righteous said: Last one and I swear I’ll stop asking questions. Why stop? How will you know if you don’t ask? You are not bothering anyone. Promise! Keep the questions coming! If you are willing to learn, many of us are willing to teach. Topics like these also help others to learn. I don’t know much myself about dinosaur tracks. Seeing these pictures and reading the opinions of our more experienced members helps people like me to learn as well. So I say... Ask away! 2 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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