drbush Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Hi friends, I hoppy that all of you are safe l and healthy, I went to Aruma formation area outside of Riyadh and found this egg like hard fossil, it is 3cm, heavy with? Shell remainder. What could it be??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Sure is egg shaped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 If it's not an egg it gets the reward for best non egg submittion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Looks like a stone chicken laid that one! I defer to venture a guess just based on the photos if it is or is not an egg. Even if it isn't, I'd keep it as a conversation piece. Maybe you could show it at your local natural science museum Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 @jpc 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...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I'm looking forward to the outlook on this one! ~ Isaac; www.isaactfm.com "Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move!" - Alan Grant Come to the spring that is The Fossil Forum, where the stream of warmth and knowledge never runs dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 6 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: @jpc Thanks for the heads up, Tim. I am flattered. Fossil bird eggs have similar texture to modern eggs, so we would need a very close photo to see what the detailed texture looks like. As others have said, even if it not an egg, it wins the best Not An Egg Rock we have seen in a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 18 minutes ago, jpc said: Fossil bird eggs have similar texture to modern eggs, so we would need a very close photo to see what the detailed texture looks like. Plant fossils are sometimes studied using tissue molds preserved in a non cellular cuticle. Any chance something similar might be found on a well preserved internal mold ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Rockwood said: Plant fossils are sometimes studied using tissue molds preserved in a non cellular cuticle. Any chance something similar might be found on a well preserved internal mold ? Hmmmm.... I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Interesting find, I hope that it is an egg. what is the aruma formation, in terms of age and kind of fossil normally found there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbush Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 Aruma formation if campanian - Maastrichrtian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 I can see this being the remnant of a structure that a developing embryo might breath through. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared C Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Pretty interesting, hopefully a verdict comes soon “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think” -Werner Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 I don't think we can get a verdict without studying this one on person. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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