Darbi Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 From my previous trip to Ellsworth County, Kansas and it's located in Dakota formation, Cenomanian. It appeared as almost like vertebrae but I'm sure it's not verts. Is it by chance some form of ichnofossil? @jpc thinks it's concretionary. No disrespect to him, he's the only one who offered his opinion and I would like to know if anyone else have a different opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 look forward to hear what others might think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Were these things originally all attached together in a row when you extricated them? If so, I'm tending toward burrow, otherwise concretion. A bit of prep might help better with id. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbi Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 5 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Were these things originally all attached together in a row when you extricated them? If so, I'm tending toward burrow, otherwise concretion. A bit of prep might help better with id. I found them as is. It might have been originally attached together before it got weathered out. How do I prep it properly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 20 minutes ago, Darbi said: I found them as is. It might have been originally attached together before it got weathered out. How do I prep it properly? You'd need an air abrader. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbi Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 36 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: You'd need an air abrader. Don't have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Darbi said: Don't have one. Pity. Then you'll need a steel brush and some elbow grease under running water. Thing is, it might be sandstone all the way through, so be careful. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbi Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 On 8/10/2020 at 4:09 PM, Ludwigia said: Thing is, it might be sandstone all the way through, so be careful. I think it's sandstone all the way because it's light compared to the ironstone concretions of similar size. I have not prepped it yet and it might remain a mystery for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Hi, They’re not vertebrae. There’s no structure. Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShrifter Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) Hey there, I just found something similar in BC although the one I found is about 2" in diameter. Did you ever find out what it was? I was also thinking vertebrae, ichthyosaur in particular because they're quite common in the watershed but it may be just my pareidolia. With a little bit of light washing I uncovered a black steak of hard material.. will try to upload in a bit. Edited August 24, 2020 by TheShrifter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbi Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 On 8/23/2020 at 10:31 PM, TheShrifter said: Hey there, I just found something similar in BC although the one I found is about 2" in diameter. Did you ever find out what it was? I was also thinking vertebrae, ichthyosaur in particular because they're quite common in the watershed but it may be just my pareidolia. With a little bit of light washing I uncovered a black steak of hard material.. will try to upload in a bit. Interesting! You should create a separate topic in ID section and upload pictures of top, bottom, and sides of this object. You will have a better chance of having someone identify it for you than on here! I do not know what that is and I still do not know what mine is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShrifter Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 20 minutes ago, Darbi said: Interesting! You should create a separate topic in ID section and upload pictures of top, bottom, and sides of this object. You will have a better chance of having someone identify it for you than on here! I do not know what that is and I still do not know what mine is. I did about a day before your post! All I got was geological suggestions.. although my pareidolia is keeping me from giving up on it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbi Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 11 minutes ago, TheShrifter said: I did about a day before your post! All I got was geological suggestions.. although my pareidolia is keeping me from giving up on it Oh, I didn't realize that! I just went to your topic and read it all. They gave me similar conclusion, that it's possibly geological. You could try prep it to remove some matrix and see if it's just a rock all the way or if it's encrusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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