JamieLynn Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Howdy! Took a quick trip up to Dallas last week (kitten transport to two lucky families!) and I got a little fossil hunting in as well. The creek was Woodbine Form. Found this partial vertebra and was thinking it was mosasaur (FINALLY FOUND ONE! even if it is pretty banged up) but a friend says maybe not? Any thoughts? And also found this lovely little shark vert. Any way of telling what kind? (I think it's a shark vert, anyways. I might be wrong...lemme know!) Measurement in Inches 4 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Mosasaur verts are procoelous, meaning they are concave in the front and convex in the back, yours appears to be amphicoelous . I think it could be plesiosaur and if not, it could be from a dinosaur although that might be a stretch (however they are known from the woodbine ). Shark vert is definitely a shark vert though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 thank you so much! So I STILL havn't found a mosasaur vert! hahahhaha!! But that actually makes me quite ecstatic that it is plesiosaur (or dino??)! www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I vote plesiosaur and shark. Nice finds. Plesiosaur is much less common than mosasaur (in north Texas). 1 "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSRhunter Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I agree with @PaleoNoel, because it is woodbine it could be Plesiosaur or even dinosaur. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 That would be quite awesome if it were a dino. Here's a dino vert from woodbine (Denton): @jpc@LordTrilobite@Troodon does that vert look dinosaurian? "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Hard to say, but I think it is plesiosaur. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 7 hours ago, ThePhysicist said: @jpc@LordTrilobite@Troodon does that vert look dinosaurian? Could be since plesiosaur neural spines typically are straight up and have round centrums. But its pretty encrusted to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Troodon said: Could be since plesiosaur neural spines typically are straight up and have round centrums. But its pretty encrusted to be sure. Sorry, it's this vert that we're trying to id (without the vertebral process): 17 hours ago, JamieLynn said: "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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