What Kind Of Dinosaur Bone Is This?

[kingofthedemo]

Hello, I found this forum today and though that you guys might be able to help me identify some of my fossils from my collection. My mom bought me this fossil when I was around ten years old, as a kid I had a big fossil collection that my parents helped me aquire. I have always wondered what dinosaur bone this is. My mom bought it for me from the Pink Palace museum in Memphis, TN. about fifteen years ago. I put a soup can in the last pic for scale. Please share your opinions, thank you!

[Auspex]

I don't suppose you know where it came from (Montana, Wyoming, Morocco)?

Even with some provenance, it might be tough to go very far down the I.D. trail on a (cool as it is) chunk of bone.

[kingofthedemo]

I don't suppose you know where it came from (Montana, Wyoming, Morocco)?

Even with some provenance, it might be tough to go very far down the I.D. trail on a (cool as it is) chunk of bone.

I'm not sure where it came from, any educated guess's on what type?

[jpc]

soup can for scale...! Very Warholian. (Google soup can and Warhol if you must). I see what we call a chunkosaur. That is, a chunk of dinosaur bone that can't really be identified beyond that. The large groove/valley running through it suggests it may be a piece of a vertebra. But that's the best I can do. Nice chunkosaur.

[kingofthedemo]

soup can for scale...! Very Warholian. (Google soup can and Warhol if you must). I see what we call a chunkosaur. That is, a chunk of dinosaur bone that can't really be identified beyond that. The large groove/valley running through it suggests it may be a piece of a vertebra. But that's the best I can do. Nice chunkosaur.

Thanks for the info! Now that you say it, I do remember the bone being described as a possible partial vertebra; but I guess there's no way to tell what dino it came from? And I'm familiar with old Andy's work! I just thought that the soup can was a good visual reference.