fossilman7 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 i found this in GMR next to a whale squalmosal. this could be a squalmosal, but looks more like a vert. then in inspiration to Rcik, i think could it be a mosasaur bone? what is it? p.s. i will post pictures on my blog so come to here to look. but reply here. thanx! http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php/blog/108/entry-152-whale-vert/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertman Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I don't think this piece is mosasaur. It looks more like whale something to me. Just my opinion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 i agree with vertman. that thing you have there ain't from a mosasaur. it's defintely cenozoic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 big difference in the age of whales and mosasaurs you would have to look at the age of the formation it was found in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Is that one you found last summer or did you come back? It is most likely whale. The place is littered with whale material. It is broken so hard to tell exactly what it is. I have found exactly two whale verts that are whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Whale squamosal. You can tell by the heavy porosity in image #2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilman7 Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 i know that most fossils in gmr are unassociated, but i found this with another whale squalmoal about the same size two inches apart. can they possibly at all be associated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 i know that most fossils in gmr are unassociated, but i found this with another whale squalmoal about the same size two inches apart. can they possibly at all be associated? No. Everything in there is all jumbled together. You find cretaceous stuff in the same screen as more recent material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 i know that most fossils in gmr are unassociated, but i found this with another whale squalmoal about the same size two inches apart. can they possibly at all be associated? See if they fit together. Some bones just split apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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