RetiredLawyer Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 The first picture looks like a different print than what I’ve found before - the toes are much wider spread than the chirotherium and there seems to be only three toes, not four. The second picture shows an interesting pattern in the rock. The third has front and rear prints. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Man, you find some cool stuff! Thanks for posting it!. 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...
DPS Ammonite Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 5 hours ago, RetiredLawyer said: The first picture looks like a different print than what I’ve found before - the toes are much wider spread than the chirotherium and there seems to be only three toes, not four. The second picture shows an interesting pattern in the rock. The third has front and rear prints. Very nice. Have any of the professional paleontologists taken a look yet? The second photo looks like a plant. What is the scale? Here is a paper that talks about the Moenkopi fossils. If you sign up for JSTOR you can look at this one and up to 100 papers a month. Morales, M. (1987). Terrestrial Fauna and Flora from the Triassic Moenkopi Formation of the Southwestern United States. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 22(1), 1-19. Retrieved July 29, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/40024380 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 If possible, y'oughta take the photos with low angle light coming from the upper left. It is really hard to see the prints in straight-on lighting, esp that first one. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredLawyer Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 5 hours ago, RetiredLawyer said: The first picture looks like a different print than what I’ve found before - the toes are much wider spread than the chirotherium and there seems to be only three toes, not four. The second picture shows an interesting pattern in the rock. The third has front and rear prints. I spoke to Spencer Lucas after I sent him a bunch of the pictures. He was excited about them but he’s locked down due to the virus. He’d like to come out to take a look when he’s allowed to travel again. In the second picture the scaly part is about 3-4 inches long. I can’t find it right now to measure it exactly - it is in there somewhere (see picture). Thank you for the references! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredLawyer Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 I’ll try to get better lighting. Thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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