Opabinia Blues Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Hello, everyone, Lately this summer I’ve been doing a bit of casual fossil collecting (with explicit permission!) on some land that a very close family friend owns in Weld County, Colorado that has a lot of exposure of the White River Formation, and I’ve collected a sizable amount of material including some pretty awesome finds. Being an amateur, I need some help identifying some of the fossils I’ve collected. Since the forum has a photo upload limit per post, I’ll be making a few threads for different finds, I hope that is ok. This is a small partial vertebra, collected in Weld County, CO on the Brule Formation. The piece next to it is one of the transverse processes, which was barely attached when I collected it but finally unfortunately broke off when in my bag. Any identification appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 mammal vertebra... not easy to ID to animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 It kind of reminds me of my Oreodont Vert but I’m only 30% convinced of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opabinia Blues Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Randyw said: It kind of reminds me of my Oreodont Vert but I’m only 30% convinced of it... It does actually look quite Oreodont-like, though of course it is possible it’s from a totally different animal with a similar morphology of the vertebrae. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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