Kasia Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Hello, I received this yesterday as a birthday gift - it was sold as an imprint of hadrosaur skin, Cretaceous, from Hell Creek. Do you think it really is hadrosaur skin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I'm afraid I can't help with identification, but, happy birthday! Judging by your profile picture, it's your 23rd! Enjoy yourself! 1 ~ 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...
Kasia Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, IsaacTheFossilMan said: I'm afraid I can't help with identification, but, happy birthday! Judging by your profile picture, it's your 23rd! Enjoy yourself! of course it is, thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Kasia said: of course it is, thanks a lot! You're welcome! ~ 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...
Kasia Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 12 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Thanks a lot I am - I received also some other gifts that don't require any ID , including funny Tshirts: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanosaurus Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 What is the size? Can you add in a ruler for scale? It does look like hadrosaur skin impressions I have seen before. Maybe some close ups would help as well. Also, happy birthday!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, Wayan Man said: What is the size? Can you add in a ruler for scale? It does look like hadrosaur skin impressions I have seen before. Maybe some close ups would help as well. Also, happy birthday!! Thanks The ruler is in cm: How does that look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I think some clarification may be in order. I could easily be convinced there is dermal bone preserved here. As in that imbedded in some dino' skin. Was any additional information available ? @Troodon Knows Hell Creek pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Rockwood said: I think some clarification may be in order. I could easily be convinced there is dermal bone preserved here. As in that imbedded in some dino' skin. Was any additional information available ? @Troodon Knows Hell Creek pretty well. My brother, who bought it, said the seller said only "hadrosaur skin, Hell Creek, US". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Hi Kaisa- Hapy Birthday! I hate to tell you, but I do not see the typical hadrosaur scale pattern that we see in our skin samples. Here is a sample from one of our hadrosaur quarries. This is part and counterpart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, jpc said: Hi Kaisa- Hapy Birthday! I hate to tell you, but I do not see the typical hadrosaur scale pattern that we see in our skin samples. Here is a sample from one of our hadrosaur quarries. This is part and counterpart. Thanks for wishes Oh, that's a really beautiful specimen - but it's not a good news for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanosaurus Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I am not unconvinced it is hadrosaur skin. It has the hexagonal pattern but is not the best preserved. It looks very similar to other samples I have seen. Other opinions will certainly help us I think. Unfortunately the lack of good location data makes it harder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Happy birthday. Did you know that @JamieLynn is celebrating parallel to you? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Wayan Man said: I am not unconvinced it is hadrosaur skin. It has the hexagonal pattern but is not the best preserved. It looks very similar to other samples I have seen. Other opinions will certainly help us I think. Unfortunately the lack of good location data makes it harder. You're right, let's wait - my brother bought it, trusting the description, because he knew it was on my wish list, but he's not an expert, so he was not able to judge the authenticity. To be honest, I would not be much smarter in this case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: Happy birthday. Did you know that @JamieLynn is celebrating parallel to you? Thanks - no, I didn't know Happy birthday to @JamieLynn Actually I was born February 29th, so I have my true birthday every 4 years - but in the meantime I celebrate either February28th or March 1st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 16 minutes ago, Kasia said: Thanks - no, I didn't know Happy birthday to @JamieLynn Actually I was born February 29th, so I have my true birthday every 4 years - but in the meantime I celebrate either February28th or March 1st Now that's someting really special. So I guess you're not any more than 10 years old Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 25 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: Now that's someting really special. So I guess you're not any more than 10 years old That's special - agreed. Im so lucky I can count my age in fractions Now Im 11 and 1/4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Happy Birthday Kasia! 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 It's this contour that looks especially unlike an imprint, but somewhat bone like, maybe, to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Kasia said: Actually I was born February 29th, so I have my true birthday every 4 years - but in the meantime I celebrate either February28th or March 1st Happy birthday! Funny that, you don't hear about people having been born on the 29th too frequently. You're only the second person I know after my sister I'm afraid I need to join in with the bad-news-crew, though, as I don't recognize any hadrosaur skin in the piece you got... Below is a specimen in my collection with the same scale-pattern @jpc mentioned... '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...
Troodon Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Happy Birthday Can you take a real straight in closeup photo of the pattern area circled. How many sides are these patterns visible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Kasia said: That's special - agreed. Im so lucky I can count my age in fractions Now Im 11 and 1/4. Aha! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 4 hours ago, Kasia said: Actually I was born February 29th, so I have my true birthday every 4 years - but in the meantime I celebrate either February28th or March 1st Why not celebrate on both days each year? Twice as many presents, twice as much birthday cake, and I promise you won’t grow older twice as fast! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 9 hours ago, Darktooth said: Happy Birthday Kasia! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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