Vnaz50 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Vince San Antonio, Tx I know I get overly excited but this resembles a tooth to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil_finder_ Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) rock not a tooth Edited December 20, 2020 by Fossil_finder_ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 No enamel, no tooth morphology. It is indeed a rock. 1 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...
Kane Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Yup, a rock. Have you taken the opportunity to investigate the geology of your area like I recommended? 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 An awful lot of rocks, just like clouds for example, have surface shapes which suggest particular forms familiar to the human eye, in this case a tooth. However, it is much more important to be able to recognize the substance out of which the object is made. As Tim has noted above, there is no sign of enamel, which would be expected as a sure sign of tooth substance. All we are seeing in the photos are signs of sedimentary rock substance. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vnaz50 Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 12 hours ago, Ludwigia said: An awful lot of rocks, just like clouds for example, have surface shapes which suggest particular forms familiar to the human eye, in this case a tooth. However, it is much more important to be able to recognize the substance out of which the object is made. As Tim has noted above, there is no sign of enamel, which would be expected as a sure sign of tooth substance. All we are seeing in the photos are signs of sedimentary rock substance. Flipper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 33 minutes ago, Vnaz50 said: Flipper? not a flipper either, its a rock without any fossil pattern or texture. 1 “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Vnaz50 said: Flipper? I suppose you could imagine that it's a rock that looks like a flipper if you like. Do you understand what I said about substance? A flipper has skin on the outside which, when preserved in extremely rare cases, shows up at the most as a dark film of organic substance, usually in marly clay or limestone which was built up under anaerobic (free of oxygen) circumstances. Check out the fossils from Holzmaden in Germany for examples. Also, as you may know, a flipper is actually a hand, so one would expect to find a series of "finger" bones joining at the "wrist". There is no sign of that here either. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vnaz50 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 I do understand and thank you for the explanation. Would that be like a the grey clay that’s so difficult to come off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Vnaz50 said: Would that be like a the grey clay that’s so difficult to come off? If you mean the marly clay I mentioned, then no. That type of sediment is generally much softer. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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