Possible Partial Triceratops Horn?

[Nanotyrannus35]

I'd gotten some more lance fm matrix and had found this. It had at first looked like a rib fragment but it has this weird texture on the bottom and the sides. Just wondering what you guys think. Thanks for any help. It's from the Lance Fm of Weston Co. Wyoming.

[Troodon]

First there is no way to identify this fragment to any specific ceratopsian.   Can you take a photo of the broken edge (left) in your first photo.  Any chance of cleaning it up any better?   What size is it?

[Nanotyrannus35]

Its about an inch and a half long. I can get better pictures later today or tomorrow.

[val horn]

It does not match what i have seen for triceratop horn.   Not an expert but the fragments i have seen are absolutely conical.  Clearly boney and have obvious blood groves.  The time i have seen that kind of corded pattern has been tendon 

Edited August 12, 2022 by val horn
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[Nanotyrannus35]

On 8/12/2022 at 5:39 PM, Troodon said:

First there is no way to identify this fragment to any specific ceratopsian.   Can you take a photo of the broken edge (left) in your first photo.  Any chance of cleaning it up any better?   What size is it?

Heres some pics of the broken part

[Troodon]

Thanks, not much to go on.  Cannot say what it belongs to.

[jpc]

The squiggly pattern suggedts a partial skull bone.  Of what…?  Who knows.