stricklandhighland Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I keep finding these along with several other very sections of some specific armoured sauropod in my back yard. Springtown Tx Puluxy..Twin Mountains Link to post Share on other sites
hadrosauridae Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Sorry, but thats not an osteoderm. It has zero characteristics of bone or dermal armor. This is just a rock. Most likely a water-worn river rock. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Troodon Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Agree just a rock Link to post Share on other sites
digit Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Agreed. Osteoderms are (by definition) bones that grow in the skin (unarticulated to other bones). This rock appears to be a water-worn sedimentary rock with no signs of bone texture. It takes more than being suggestively shaped to be an osteoderm. If you are finding many of these in your back yard then likely they are the result of some ancient water feature (lake or river) that rounded and polished these rocks. Cheers. -Ken Link to post Share on other sites
stricklandhighland Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 57 minutes ago, digit said: Agreed. Osteoderms are (by definition) bones that grow in the skin (unarticulated to other bones). This rock appears to be a water-worn sedimentary rock with no signs of bone texture. It takes more than being suggestively shaped to be an osteoderm. If you are finding many of these in your back yard then likely they are the result of some ancient water feature (lake or river) that rounded and polished these rocks. Cheers. -Ken Link to post Share on other sites
Kane Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Just more stones, I'm afraid. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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