Meganeura Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 So I forgot to ask for an ID on this yesterday - but anyone know what kind of vert this is? If you can name the animal even better - but I’m mostly looking for caudal/cervical/lumbar/thoracic, etc. found a few with this same shape but none as nice as this one. Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 @Harry Pristis "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I saw this diagram on a previous vert ID here, looks like one side is convex and one concave (can't tell front from back so either procoelous vs opisthocoelous). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 7 hours ago, JBkansas said: I saw this diagram on a previous vert ID here, looks like one side is convex and one concave (can't tell front from back so either procoelous vs opisthocoelous). So i've seen that image before - but I was under the impression (And could be totally wrong) that the "Ball" on a a reptilian vert such as a snake or turtle is much more rounded and covex, and that the vert I have, despite the slight convex and concavity, is still mammalian. Also in looking at different kinds of turtle and other reptile verts the one I have is very much not a match. Snake, lizard, turtle, gator/croc... no match. Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 It's a garfish (Lepisosteidae) vertebra 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Troodon said: It's a garfish (Lepisosteidae) vertebra Garfish have verts like that? weird! But that makes so much sense, thanks a ton Frank! Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 See lots of these in the Hell Creek Fm From Guide to Hell Creek, DeMar. Jr 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, Troodon said: See lots of these in the Hell Creek Fm From Guide to Hell Creek, DeMar. Jr Do you have a size on these ? The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Shellseeker said: Do you have a size on these ? The one I found in the pic above is obviously tiny - but I have a BV one that's just the centrum and is about an inch and a bit long and an inch or so wide. Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 28 minutes ago, Shellseeker said: Do you have a size on these ? The ones in the HC can get 1 inch long. The more has not changed very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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