AReich33 Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Can y’all help, please??? This ain’t a rock… San Jacinto County, Sam Houston National Forest, Cleveland, TX Found just sticking up out of the ground near the base of a tree on a homesite that I occupy… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Welcome to the forum. Considering that the area is covered with deposits from the Pleistocene, so less than 3 million years old, and no major waterways that may have washed material from earlier strata, it seems unlikely that dinosaur material would be found there. Can you tell us what part of it you think may be what part of a dinosaur? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Looks like a chert nodule to me, possibly banded chert. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 No Mesozoic exposures anywhere near that locality. Looks a bit geologic to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Just chiming in: the chance that that is a fossil is nonexistent, Areich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AReich33 Posted May 12, 2023 Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 Thanks for the replies guys. I was, of course, being facetious with the Dino part. I like the banded chert idea based on other pics. The thing, though, that makes me ask about a fossil can be seen in my first pic with the raised, round, area with the perpendicular line/gap. It almost looks like an antler shed or other bone. What about petrified wood with an antler/bone fossil in it? Thanks again for the replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Welcome to TFF. Based on your photos, I'm fairly confident this is petrified wood. There is plenty of it found in general area you mentioned. Closely focused images of the broken areas could confirm the ID. 2 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AReich33 Posted May 12, 2023 Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 Thank you JohnJ, here are some macro pics: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 54 minutes ago, AReich33 said: Thanks for the replies guys. I was, of course, being facetious with the Dino part. And we know that how? Texas has lots of dinos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 @AReich33 Thanks. Looking for closeups of these views.... The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AReich33 Posted May 12, 2023 Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 Roger that: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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