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First Ranch Finds Montana- Vertebrae?


Salvageon

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I can't imagine these are vertebrae but they were together on top of the ground big middle then small. The first two have center holes all the way through and the smallest only a little ways. I can provide more pics as needed.

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I don't see bone there; more likely concretions.

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I agree with concretion, and like the leaves showing in the background.

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Thanks, they do feel like sandstone now that you mention it. As for the leaves I've found some ( maple?) a foot across. I Ding them has given me lots of work.

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It is quite possible that these concretions (which seem to be pretty linear) could have nucleated around roots.

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That would explain the holes. Could they have been in a burrow? They almost fit big to little like a cone. But that could have been the plant also.

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  • 3 weeks later...

looks like Orthoceras...

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