32fordboy Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 I got this thing for a bargain. It was being sold as "a triceratops horn that doesn't match the description of a triceratops horn" , so I went into the deal assuming it wasn't. Anyway, after it arrived here, I looked it over and began to think the lower part (not pictured) was some sort of limb bone fragment. Not interested in that. The "tip of the horn" looks to be a huge ankylosaur node . Can anybody on here confirm that? Maybe an expert needs to see it in person? It is smooth on what appears to be the inside edge of the node--maybe that was the inner surface of the skull, or something. It is from hell Creek, of course. Nick www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Not sure The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I agree that it does not appear from the pictures to be triceratops horn. I suppose it could possibly be ankylosaur. It could also be a trike frill section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 looks like it might be a frill horn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 If you mean node = scute ( body armour) no. the blood vessel lines make it look like some sort of horn Ceratopsid nasal horn core, supra-orbital horn core Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 (edited) By "node", I meant one of the large head "horns"/"spikes". I guess that's what "node" means. Of course, I am node to be crazy sometimes Edited March 30, 2010 by 32fordboy www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 By "node", I meant one of the large head "horns"/"spikes". I guess that's what "node" means. Of course, I am node to be crazy sometimes Node to be taken the wrong way, it could very well be from an Ankylosaur, I have never heard them called nodes before but I can not find anything that gives the spiky thing a proper name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 haha for a while there, I thought I may have made up a word Then I found this, so apparently, I'm not crazy...or am I... But until an expert can look at it in person, ankylosaur node seems the most logical. It's so hard to identify such a 3-dimensional fossil over the internet. I want to thank you all for your input, and triceratops frill horn has not yet been ruled out...I don't have the expertise to do that. Thanks! http://hoopermuseum.earthsci.carleton.ca//2001_ankylosaurs_ds/nodosaurids.html www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Just to add my two cents, looks like a nasal horn from a juvenile ceratopsian. Not like any ankylosaur scutes I collected in hell Creek or Judith River. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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