Rockfossilme Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Baby t-Rex (or close relative) fossilized into metal; this is one of my best finds, it is the complete body of a male baby t-Rex? animal who has a second unknown animal, a dog-like creature with a mammal face, gripped fiercely in its jaws. There is no separating the two fossils and who would ever want to. Both animals have been fossilised or petrified into an Iron/PMG/Gold metal alloy material – a very heavy, durable, and extremely hard compound that has preserved the specimens in fine life-like detail. The specimen was collected in Africa and was freed from solid rock by blasting to build a rail bridge over a mangrove swamp and river. The specimen is 11 inches tall x 7 inches and is extremely heavy due to the metal content. Interestingly, the dinosaur stands of its own accord and thus must have still been standing when it suddenly became buried and over time fossilized into the specimen shown here. A number of small stones and natural objects still adhere to the specimen and these too are of no small interest to me. The metalic dinasaur egg in the one photo was found close by. I will show more photos of this and other finds later on. Found 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0b Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Interesting piece if natural but I don’t think it is. More likely slag or spilled molten metal. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Interesting that you specifically see a rex and can tell it's male. I see a cool peice of abstract yard art. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Im sorry but its definetly not a fossil of any kind. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 T. rex (and T. rex relatives) are not found in Africa. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth_ Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Praefectus said: T. rex (and T. rex relatives) are not found in Africa. Must be a baby Carcharodontosaurus then 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Metal yes. Fossil no. 4 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 38 minutes ago, Gareth_ said: Must be a baby Carcharodontosaurus then I know this is a joke but just to be 100% clear for other readers, the piece of metal in the original post is not Carcharodontosaurus. It is not any other theropod either ...or any other sort of dinosaur/prehistoric creature. Unfortunately, there is no fossil here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Welcome to the Forum. Animals and plants, when they DO happen to fossilize, do not "fossilize into metal". The more realistic explanation is that this IS indeed a hunk of metal, but man made. It does have a slightly suggestive shape, (in a Picasso-esque sort of way) but it is not in any way, shape, or form a fossil. Pareidolia is the factor at work here. 4 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...
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