Gilbert Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Hello All, I am new to the forum. I have a few things I would like to post I have found near where I live. These vertebrae I actually found in a house flip a friend of mine did so I am not sure the original location found. I am told they are most likely whale but the weight makes it arguable. The larger of the two weighs about 40lbs. What do you guys think? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 15 minutes ago, Gilbert said: I am told they are most likely whale but the weight makes it arguable. How so ? I would guess whale a well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Whale is in my mind, also. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 The density of fossil whale centrums varies depending on the preservation. Some is surprisingly light. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 @Troodon @jpc @Boesse @Al Dente The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 I’ve never seen a whale vert with concave ends. I think it might be reptile. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Boy without a location makes it tough. The fossa on the centrum of the one in the bottom right suggest it might be sauropod. They have slightly concave ends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 I know I really wish I knew where they came from. It is an odd thing to find left behind. I imagined them driving down the road saying “Did you grab the dinosaur bones?” “No!” “ I thought you grabbed them!” I really appreciate everyone’s response! I have looked around on sites like fossil era and haven’t seen anything as large are the larger one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flx Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) Based on the overall shape, the relatively narrow neural channel and the little holes on the side I think these could be sauropod verts. Edited August 30, 2022 by Flx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 These are not whale vertebrae - the surface texture is also really unusual and indicates it's something else. Plesiosaur is another possibility worth entertaining - if I remember right, sauropod vertebrae are typically pneumatized and rarely this 'solid'. Plesiosaurs do have shallowly concave articular surfaces like this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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