WildBillZ Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 So I found this in the ocean by Oceanside California. Is this an encrusted undeveloped dinosaur head? Any help identifying would be appreciated. Thanks, WilldBillZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Unfortunately not, this is just a suggestive rock. Don't feel too embarrassed; all of our brains do it too! It's a scientific phenomena known as "pareidolia". 5 ~ 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...
Fossildude19 Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 No bone texture, no bilateral symmetry, and no real skull morphology. I agree with suggestively shaped stone. 3 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...
Top Trilo Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 I agree with above that this is a rock but I can clearly see what looks like an eye, a nostril, and a mouth. I would keep it even though its not a fossil. “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth_ Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Agree with the above comments.... However, I'd go as far as saying every single one of us would have picked it up to take a closer look! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.cheese Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 I agree too and I would also have picked it up and would have kept it too! Looks the part! Keep looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 The number of limestone chunks I pick out of the river thinking it's an interesting bone before tossing it back is ridiculous - we definitely all still do that now! 1 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Someone on FB had fun with a similar piece of stone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow Walker Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 This is why I could never find fossils as a kid. Looking for wrong thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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