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Dinosaur skin fossil?

Steak_Knife86

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Hi, this was found in a dry wash in Phoenix, AZ.

It was pretty dirty and dusty before I cleaned it off. It has an odd shape, it’s angled and curved. 

Don’t have any other info really. It feels how I would imagine a dinosaur skin would be though... or maybe dragon.

 

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This does not look like dinosaur skin or bearded dragon skin or skin from a leafy dragon, a komodo dragon or a dragon fly or an armadillo lizard (which looks like a dragon). I don't think this is a fossil at all but a cool geologic rock. Keep looking there are fossils everywhere

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I'm just a lay person, but I've never seen anything like it.  It does not look geologic to me.  You know, like mud cracking or some surface material pulling away at a different rate from the substrate.  And then, looking at the back side, well, again, it does not "feel" geologic.  But I haven't seen every rock in the world, either.  Cool find.

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The "elephant skin" dolomite is the closest suggested ID ive had, thanks for that. This does not have any other characteristics matching dolomite though, so I am still looking.

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I have seen this on what I thought was limestone (could be dolomite), esp in desert areas... Wyoming, Utah, and Sahara.  Interesting weathering patterns.

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Welcome to the TFF!

 

As someone who has hiked a fair amount around Phoenix I can say I too would have picked up that piece. I have seen some pieces similar but not that well defined. The ones I saw looked geologically based to me. With all the contact altered rock around the valley (igneous / metamorphic) there are some odd rocks around. One of my favorite areas to just rock hunt is by Lake Pleasent. I visit often as have a daughter in Phoenix. 

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