Samurai Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Location: Missouri Time period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Muncie Creek Shale Hello! I have opened this structure a long time ago and I always wondered what it could be since it seemed like bone. I have other small sized bony structures, most that I assume are coprolites of some sort and I would love to know what this is! Other half of concretion Images in natural file sizes: https://imgur.com/a/DsgxFCA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I can't quite get a grip on the texture, but it does resemble the inside of a skull, likely fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 16 minutes ago, Rockwood said: I can't quite get a grip on the texture, but it does resemble the inside of a skull, likely fish. To be truthful I did not wish to claim it could be a skull as I did notice the resemblance but I did not want to assume, here are some more images if it helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I just happen to be re reading The Rise of Fishes. Looks close enough to some skulls pictured for me to stay in the game with the same hand. We have some far more experienced members who can be summonsed if need be. Give it time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 @Fossildude19 Need be ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 My first impression was skull as well, but, being a cross section, I am not sure what more can be said about it. Maybe @jdp can say something more definitive? 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...
jdp Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Skull seems right. Hard to tell what kind of animal it belongs to. Realistically this needs to go into a CT scanner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, jdp said: Realistically this needs to go into a CT scanner. Now there's a need, to be. Glad to see this attracting some attention. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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