Highlander Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Hello dear friends! Until recently we didnt believe that we can find something strange, rare or realy special for our region. So after i done the last finds, which was discussed on this forum i decided to show you this strange thing. Couple years ago my mom found this fossil. I think that this is an egg, because dints on its surface, same as on snake eggs. This fossil was found in albian sandstones Crimea/Balaclava. If it is really an egg, please id it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Additional photos (rotation in another plan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 This is very interesting. The crushed shape suggests egg... turtle, maybe. But I will not say yes or no. Looks like a good candidate for some serious microscope exploration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Yep, that puckered in area looks just like eggs I find in nature. But, I think if this is an egg, it is just the internal cast and the shell is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 This is very interesting. The crushed shape suggests egg... turtle, maybe. But I will not say yes or no. Looks like a good candidate for some serious microscope exploration. I agree. Also it looks as though there were similar sized spherical objects surrounding it. I have a turtle egg at home about the same size and dimple. I'll try and upload a pic later for reference. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Its impossible to explore the fossil by my old micro due to tecnical limitation. Just because distance between objectives and stage is too small. May be next year when i got money i buy a new one, without stage for researching big objects. I only can imagine how fossil shell looks, but i think that it on his place, because material is clearly differs of shells and other fossils in that sandstones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 There appears to be some shell still attached: I cannot say what laid it, but I think it is an egg of some kind, and probably part of a buried clutch. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 This fossil was found in albian sandstones Crimea/Balaclava. Anybody know what the age of that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Albian is Lower Cretaceous. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Crimea/Balaclava- region. I will try to clean it a little bit and get a better photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 I found something interesting on the surface. There some little holes, like pores, concentrated in different places. Photos done with help of magnifier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Sorry it took me so long. Here is a picture of a present day turtle egg with a dent in it, similar to your object. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Highlander I like the specimen but the close up I would like to see is from photo 52 the one Auspex reproduced. The part of interest is the concave section to the bottom left of screen where it appears another sphere has fallen off leaving part of the outer layer. I hope this is an egg as photos look promising. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 Mike if you told about green part- it is only print of bivalve and this piece outer layer is part of shell. It is seen with help of magnifier. Only the yellow zone can be a print of another egg. But i think that this print is too small to trying prove or discuss "is it a print of egg or something else". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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