dino35 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 While traveling in Austin Texas I found what I believe may be dinosaur fossil skin in a curio shop that had rocks and fossils for sale. I have seen both Ankylosaur amd crocodillain tissue impressions with these features. I know nothing of the pieces origin but can tell it has has sand stone underneath which is of the same nature found on some of my Morroacan dinosaur fossils. BOTTOM LINE WHAT THE HECK IS IT? I appologize as I posted this earlier without pics and that was infact ghost skin I own fossil dinosaur skin impressions and I know that in general they form a hexagonal lattace but I wonder if this at some meeting point on the flesh were an arm meets a limb or shoulder meets a neck. Thank You all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Hi- without seeing it in hand, and knowing the context, I would say, it very well could be a chunk of dinosaur skin. And yes, they are known to have different types of scales on different partsof thebody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeXploder Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 The only reason I could think of this not being dino skin is that hematite forms little blobs like that AND WHO WOULD SELL DINO SKIN? If I got any of that, I would keep it in a safe. Fossily99: what even is earth? xonenine: Its a good place to collect fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diplotomodon Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 ...AND WHO WOULD SELL DINO SKIN? If I got any of that, I would keep it in a safe. You'd be surprised...I've seen some people selling it by the dozens...I don't understand either though. I don't keep mine in a safe, cause it's a cast, but if it was real I would too. Yep, it could be dino skin. I haven't heard of it coming from Morroco before (although it might, I haven't looked into it), so it might be from somewhere else. What a wonderful menagerie! Who would believe that such as register lay buried in the strata? To open the leaves, to unroll the papyrus, has been an intensely interesting though difficult work, having all the excitement and marvelous development of a romance. And yet the volume is only partly read. Many a new page I fancy will yet be opened. -- Edward Hitchcock, 1858 Formerly known on the forum as Crimsonraptor @Diplotomodon on Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carol krause Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Hey man, Check this out! I live in Oklahoma and we have similar rocks! I am talking to museum in Oklahoma City and I will let you know what they say about mine. Reply if you want to see more pictures. WOW! Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carol krause Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 BTW, I found mine @ oolagah lake damm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniraptoran Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 it sure looks like dino skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 looks like a septarian nodule My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas-Tunnel Rat Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Geometry doesnt look like a skin patch, pores dont think would bubble up like that, heck dont even think osteoderms look like that (I have some Anklyosaurid and seeen croc). Looks like maybe some mud sediments. But there looks like a small bone fragment in bottom right. Just not convinced. PUBLICATIONS Dallas Paleontology Society Occasional Papers Vol. 9 2011 "Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of Outcrops in Jacksboro, Texas" Author Texas Paleontology Society Feb, 2011 "Index Fossils and You" A primer on how to utilize fossils to assist in relative age dating strata" Author Quotes "Beer, Bacon, and Bivalves!" "Say NO to illegal fossil buying / selling" "They belong in a museum." Education Associates of Science - 2011 Bachelors of Science (Geology & Biology) - 2012 est. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 (edited) Found this previous post on our forum Septarian Nodule/pseudofossil Very Interesting... Click Here Edited November 23, 2011 by Indy Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 (edited) Hi there, These are bony plates, which lay under the skin, just like today's reptiles, come from Kem Kem basin, 110 Million years old, Sahara Desert, Morocco. They come from crocodiles and the proper name for your fossil is a scute. scute could belong to Sarcosuchus. Edited November 24, 2011 by Odinofthenorth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas-Tunnel Rat Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Hi there, These are bony plates, which lay under the skin, just like today's reptiles, come from Kem Kem basin, 110 Million years old, Sahara Desert, Morocco. They come from crocodiles and the proper name for your fossil is a scute. scute could belong to Sarcosuchus. Could you please cite that Odin, so that we are on the same page? I have a friend who worked with S.imperator back when Sareno went and worked on N. African super crocs. Skin impressions for crocs dont think they bubble up. And Osteoderms (Scutes) Are usally more box-like, where as the bottom right bone frag looks more angular. Normally the "Pitted" side IIRC is indeed pitted (Blood Vessels) and other side would be flat like a roofing tile. Even prepped out the S.imperator scutes would not have the raised dimples. Think this is a Septerian / concretion, but the bottom right needs investigating. Sources http://www.supercroc.org/supercroc/anatomy.htm http://www.prehistoricstore.com/item.php?item=1601 Bronn, H. G. Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, vol. 63, "Reptilien 2, Eidechsen und Wasserechsen". 1959. Gadow, H. Amphibia and reptiles. The Cambridge Natural History. MacMillan and Co. Ltd., London, 1923. Rathke, C. Untersuchen über die Entwickelung und den Körperbau der Crocodile. Braunschweig, 1866. Reese, Albert M. The Alligator and Its Allies (PDF). Originally published Knickerbocker Press, 1915; electronic reprint c2000 Arment Biological Press. PUBLICATIONS Dallas Paleontology Society Occasional Papers Vol. 9 2011 "Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of Outcrops in Jacksboro, Texas" Author Texas Paleontology Society Feb, 2011 "Index Fossils and You" A primer on how to utilize fossils to assist in relative age dating strata" Author Quotes "Beer, Bacon, and Bivalves!" "Say NO to illegal fossil buying / selling" "They belong in a museum." Education Associates of Science - 2011 Bachelors of Science (Geology & Biology) - 2012 est. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Could you please cite that Odin, so that we are on the same page? I have a friend who worked with S.imperator back when Sareno went and worked on N. African super crocs. Skin impressions for crocs dont think they bubble up. And Osteoderms (Scutes) Are usally more box-like, where as the bottom right bone frag looks more angular. Normally the "Pitted" side IIRC is indeed pitted (Blood Vessels) and other side would be flat like a roofing tile. Even prepped out the S.imperator scutes would not have the raised dimples. Think this is a Septerian / concretion, but the bottom right needs investigating. Sources http://www.supercroc...roc/anatomy.htm http://www.prehistor...m.php?item=1601 Bronn, H. G. Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, vol. 63, "Reptilien 2, Eidechsen und Wasserechsen". 1959. Gadow, H. Amphibia and reptiles. The Cambridge Natural History. MacMillan and Co. Ltd., London, 1923. Rathke, C. Untersuchen über die Entwickelung und den Körperbau der Crocodile. Braunschweig, 1866. Reese, Albert M. The Alligator and Its Allies (PDF). Originally published Knickerbocker Press, 1915; electronic reprint c2000 Arment Biological Press. Hi, I am not saying it is that crocodile, just some sort. Here is a picture of one that looks very similar. http://farm5.static...._6127c53033.jpg And the specimen that we are trying to identify, looks like the impressions concave. It is either that or my eyes are bad. Could we have more picture of the specimen please, maybe some side angles? Thomas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 i don't feel like going and digging the stuff out and photographing it at the moment, but this phenomenon is just more rocks having fun at our expense. i find it in eocene mars-scapes where everything is purple or red or orange and iron and carbonate and diagenesis ruled the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Not dinosaur skin. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-evo Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 That's look like mineral kidney ore. I saw many of that when I studied geology. But, I never seen dinosaur skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Did a quick search on our forum for other posts with images of skin impressions Dinosaur Hadrosaur Skin Fossil Link (more images)...Click Here 57Th Hgms Gem, Jewelry, Mineral & Fossil Show Link (more images)...Click Here Found this link on the Net Mummified, fossilized Edmontosaurus dinosaur skin with preserved skin folds and creases Link (more images)...Click Here Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) Skin impressions and for that matter Invertebrate fossils are way out of my area of expertise...just an observation of a feature on dino35's fossil seems a little odd and might not be really significant...However, the feature in the cropped version could be interpreted as skin fold Mother Nature does create some fantastic works of art Edited November 25, 2011 by Indy Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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