dragonballz Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Hello everyone, The Land Before Time and jurassic park are some of my favourite movies but i really not know nothig about fossils;) Recently i found in the Alps Mountains here in italy what to my eyes is only a strange rock, i'm here to ask you if the thing you can see in the attached video can be some kind of fossil. Many thanks to everyone 1728365416_WhatsAppVideo2021-06-07at19_09_56.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Interesting, it may indeed only be a strange rock, but the hole in the middle possibly could be the mold of a gastropod or maybe even a cephalopod fossil. Hard for me to say definitively. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Like ClearLake mentioned it is difficult to say definitively. Does the interior of the hole have any noticeable structure or impressions? I've seen plenty of cylindrical concretions with the center rotted out like this but I can't say anything definitive from what I see. That said, I'd lean towards just a rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 I think we need to see the sides and reverse, please. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: I think we need to see the sides and reverse, please. When I click on it I get video. The center almost looks pentagonal. Crinoid stem mold in concretion ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Rockwood said: When I click on it I get video. Thank you.. I would like to remind everyone that I am as thick as a whale omelette and do need guidance in these sort of posts. I say rock. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 17 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Thank you.. Us retired folk got'a stick together. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Rockwood said: Us retired folk got'a stick together. Indeed. Nobody else is going to listen to our blathering, so it's nice to have the forum. 3 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonballz Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 On 6/7/2021 at 7:49 PM, ClearLake said: Interesting, it may indeed only be a strange rock, but the hole in the middle possibly could be the mold of a gastropod or maybe even a cephalopod fossil. Hard for me to say definitively. Here two more photos! Many thanks to everyone! The thing that can be not clear from the video (sorry for the grunts:)) is that the rock is almost a sphere with two clear cuts. At the center of each of the "cut-planes" there are two holes (they maybe can be connected) and at the center of the two holes there is a "pin". I dont see any geometrical impression. You guys seems to have exluded that it can be a bony part nevertheless i really like my strange rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 The time has come that we must call for more context. Any idea what kind, or age of rock layers it may be from ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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