hadrosauridae Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 (edited) OK, I need some help on a fossil I uncovered today. Details: north-central OK, Permian (mid to lower), Wellington fm, in a slab of mud/sand stone with claystone inclusions and acid reactive. Lots of plant material and partial tetrapod skull in this large slab. With all that out of the way, I hope someone here can give me an ID on this tiny bugger. Its roughly 4mm across. I'm really at a loss for what this is. The only thing that comes to mind is that it might be a vertebra. The two processes (extension) are curved, giving it the appearance of an elephant skull. You can see there is a fresh break at the centrum. Before it broke, is was nicely rounded and whole. So experts, what your opinion here? Vert? reptile? amphib? fish? not a vert? One last thing. Both this, and the skull frag, have a weird deep red coating on the surface. In a way if annoying as its a little harder to get through than the rest of the matrix, but then again I know when I'm getting very close to bone because of the color. Edited April 13, 2020 by hadrosauridae solved "There is no shortage of fossils. There is only a shortage of paleontologists to study them." - Larry Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Orthacanthus shark tooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadrosauridae Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 25 minutes ago, Troodon said: Orthacanthus shark tooth dang that was fast! Thank you good sir, I have my answer! "There is no shortage of fossils. There is only a shortage of paleontologists to study them." - Larry Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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