Bobby Rico Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Hi all I been asked by someone who is a little shy and new to fossils. They got themselves a auction lot of fossils but sadly no locations or ID info . I have helped with most of the lots but I would like a second opinion on these two items and vertebra . Thank you all Bobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoFossilsUK Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Hi Bobby. That first one looks like a big chunk of bone from the Morrison Formation. It looks like it's been sliced and polished. Have no idea what the second is, and the vertebra looks recent (probably Pleistocene). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 37 minutes ago, DinoFossilsUK said: Hi Bobby. That first one looks like a big chunk of bone from the Morrison Formation. It looks like it's been sliced and polished. Have no idea what the second is, and the vertebra looks recent (probably Pleistocene). Thanks much appreciated I thought the same that it is bone . The little piece I don’t what it is. Thanks for your help and stay safe and sound Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 Anyone got an idea on the vertebra? Cheers Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) @Bobby Rico The second one reminds me of Ediacaran Cyclomedusa. Possibly an artificial cast? Edited January 11, 2021 by TqB 3 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 10/01/2021 at 10:01 AM, TqB said: @Bobby Rico The second one reminds me of Ediacaran Cyclomedusa. Possibly an artificial cast? Thanks Tarquin it does indeed. It is definitely a cast plenty of air bubbles. I hope you and yours are safe and sound. Cheers Bobby 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 10:01 AM, TqB said: @Bobby Rico The second one reminds me of Ediacaran Cyclomedusa. Possibly an artificial cast? +1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilus Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 The large vertebrae looks probuscan, wholly mammoth? If there are rib attachment points on the side it would be thoracic, if not, lumbar. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I agree that the first seems like a Morrison Fm chunk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 @TqB @westcoast @fossilus @jpc thanks so much stay safe all Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 The first fossil, to me, looks like some kind of proximal articulation surface of a humerus or femur - from what, I wouldn't dare guess (though, based on size: dinosaurian) - with the articulation surface consistently illustrated on the bottom. The rugose patterning observed there is very reminiscent of what I'm used to seeing on marine reptile - especially plesiosaurian - propodial bones, though obviously the triangular shape, when laying the bone on a flat surface, doesn't match. Still, I'd say a section of one of the major long bones of a giant animal. 36 minutes ago, fossilus said: The large vertebrae looks probuscan, wholly mammoth? If there are rib attachment points on the side it would be thoracic, if not, lumbar. Same idea I had... 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: Thanks Tarquin it does indeed. It is definitely a cast plenty of air bubbles. I hope you and yours are safe and sound. Cheers Bobby We're fine, thanks, Bobby. I trust and hope you all are too. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, TqB said: We're fine, thanks, Bobby. I trust and hope you all are too. Just ridding out the storm my friend . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon thanks for you insight much appreciated. Cheers Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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