fossil of Egypt Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Hi all I found that stone several days ago on the edge of the suez canal at its entrance on the mediterranean sea . I think it is a fossil of some kind . I need your help to identify . thanks in advance . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 The rock may represent the crushed remains of some sort of shells, but I don't see any recognizable fossil here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil of Egypt Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Rockwood said: The rock may represent the crushed remains of some sort of shells, but I don't see any recognizable fossil here. I agree with you . nothing specific for fossil . thanks for reply . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil of Egypt Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 searching google I found that my stone could be : fossilized dinosaur brain . what is your opinion ? . I know that it is very rare but who knows . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Struck by lightning. Win lottery. Dino brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSepron Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, fossil of Egypt said: searching google I found that my stone could be : fossilized dinosaur brain . what is your opinion ? . I know that it is very rare but who knows . I doubt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, fossil of Egypt said: searching google I found that my stone could be : fossilized dinosaur brain . what is your opinion ? . I know that it is very rare but who knows . i dont think brains have been preserved just endocasts and also this is not symmetrical and it doesnt have the typical wavy structure you wold see in a modern brain so im afraid its not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Rockwood said: Struck by lightning. Win lottery. Dino brain. I'm not so sure that this guy will understand your sarcasmus. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil of Egypt Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 43 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: I'm not so sure that this guy will understand your sarcasmus. you are right . I don't believe that was a sarcasm . I think he is talking seriously . because he is a serious man and that's why I believe him . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 The probability of it being a fossil dinosaur brain is two notches lower than that of winning the lottery. Represented graphically. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil of Egypt Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Rockwood said: The probability of it being a fossil dinosaur brain is two notches lower than that of winning the lottery. Represented graphically. i don't understand what you mean . explain please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Hello fossil of Egypt, I could imagine your google search turned up pictures of the fossil that is described in this article among others: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/10/dinosaur-fossil-brain-tissue-paleontology-animals-science/ It resembles your find a little bit in colour. But the important thing is that it has been identified by its shape as an endocast and under closer look showed structures that may be remnants of the meninges, which are protective skins enclosing the brain, quite astonishing in a fossil, but not the brain itself. The specimen you found has neither the shape of a brain nor any structure that would hint at tissue, so I am sorry to say that there is no reason at all to believe it has anything to do with a dinosaur brain, as much as one may wish it would. Even the people who found the fossil in the article wouldn´t believe it before they tested and tested again, and there is still debate about how much is really preserved as far as I understand. It is another case for the Sagan standard so often and well quoted here: extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Best Regards J 2 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 hour ago, fossil of Egypt said: i don't understand what you mean . explain please It think it should be even farther fetched and say it is far less likely to find a fossil brain than it would be to be struck by lightening while winning the lottery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Maybe a worn sponge. 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 How heavy is it? Could almost pass for an iron stained pumice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil of Egypt Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 2 hours ago, caldigger said: How heavy is it? Could almost pass for an iron stained pumice. its weight is 290 grams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil of Egypt Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 5 hours ago, Mahnmut said: Sagan standard so often and well quoted here: extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. actually there is a strong evidence that it could be fossilized dinosaur brain . I found the characteristic prenocephale dinosaur skull cap in the same place two days before I found that stone . that was good reason for me to search google for fossilized dinosaur brain . I found that the color and texture may denote fossilized dinosaur brain . sure i will picture the prenocephale dinosaur skull cap now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, fossil of Egypt said: I found the characteristic prenocephale dinosaur skull cap in the same place two days before I found that stone Please show us a photo. 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, fossil of Egypt said: I found the characteristic prenocephale dinosaur skull cap in the same place two days before I found that stone . Please post photos of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil of Egypt Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 ok . I just waiting for a good sunlight to picture it . it is rainy and cloudy here today . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 hour ago, fossil of Egypt said: actually there is a strong evidence that it could be fossilized dinosaur brain . I found the characteristic prenocephale dinosaur skull cap in the same place two days before I found that stone . that was good reason for me to search google for fossilized dinosaur brain . I found that the color and texture may denote fossilized dinosaur brain . sure i will picture the prenocephale dinosaur skull cap now . I stick to me idea it could be a sponge. They often look-like brains. 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Hello fossil of Egypt. If there was a confirmed skullcap that would indeed be an indication to make the idea of an endocast somewhat more plausible, but it would still be no strong evidence in the brain-case though. But to answer that question we need to see the evidence. Without that, what we can see here is a pebble (or maybe a worn piece of fossil sponge) Better yet show it to a palaeontologist who can take a closer look. Best regards, J 3 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rockwood Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Sorry. This doesn't look like bone to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil of Egypt Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 sorry there is no scale ruler but its weight is : 424 grams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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