KayTee Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Found in Moab, Utah in a creek or stream. It's hard to get pictures showing the true shape but this can't be just another rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 To my eye, it looks to be a weathered rock and not a fossil. One would generally expect more symmetry and presence of bones to be a vertebrate fossil. 5 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I agree with Kane, I'm just seeing a rock here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Unfortunatly i’m number 3. I’m just seeing a rock… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Not bad for just another rock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayTee Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 So there's no chance of it being a baby dinosaur that didn't get a chance to hatch and fell out of an egg.....lol. Just kidding! (Does kinda look like one) It's awfully lumpy and bumpy to be a rock, but I'll take your word for it. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 turtle embryology: zsj.1reptf8.705.pdf Kay Tee, prenatal, perinatal, and neonatal animals have a different degree of calcificaton of their skeleton (lower than adults),which causes a huge taphonomic bias*. (*taphonomy: the discipline that concerns itself with all of the processes that cause and influence the transition from a part of the biosphere to the stratigraphic record("what causes an animal to be fossilized,possibly collected,and possibly determined zoologicallÿ) In other words: young animals (juveniles) have an even lower preservation potential than mature/adult individuals. Some embryos were found, inside eggs, but that was partly due to the special micro-environment inside the egg. edit: So I agree with previous opinions voiced in this post, this is NOT a "baby something". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 2 hours ago, KayTee said: It's awfully lumpy and bumpy to be a rock, but I'll take your word for it. Check these out. 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 I wouldn't totally rule out some very worn bryozoan or coral, but that is about the best I could do for a fossil and not knowing what types are possibly found in the Moab area, that may be a stretch. What I remember from Moab generally doesn't include marine invertebrates, but I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayTee Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 I don't know. It's was once under water Im told, that's how the canyons were created it I don't know. I'm just here working. Thanks for trying. I will find one yet. That's literally ALL there is to do here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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