Bwb9r6 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Hello, I believe that I've found A possible dinosaur fetus. I have talked to a few biologist and they believe that this may be a legitimate find. I would love to know what you guys think of this and if it is legitimate or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor Lover Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Hey, cool find but sadly not a fetus. If it were an embryo, it would still be a skeleton of isolated bones. And the bones would be dark, not white. What you have is a suggestive looking rock. It is very interesting though and pretty cool looking. Here's what an embryo would look like: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/photogalleries/dinoembryo/ -Cameron "Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you" Job 12:8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwb9r6 Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 Thank you for the reply. My only question is, what are these uniform dots running down what looks to be the nose of this suggestive rock? What if it isnt a embryo? Also, the black eye.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwb9r6 Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 It kind of looks like a duckey from the land before time.. in othet words, a Saurolophus osborni. Its hard to believe this is just a rock haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Just a very cool rock ! Regards, Guguita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowpoker Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 What kind of biologists did you talk to? It's a very suggestive rock, I understand why one may think its a foetus, but biologists should know what one looks like... Still a good find, the black part of the stone MAY signal use by someone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 It's a very cool rock. Not fetus, sorry. Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Lots of rocks take very suggestive shapes, mother nature at work. We see it here on the forum quite often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 The dark spot is suggestive of it, and I see how the line of holes could be interpreted as a suture line. There isn't any evidence that either of the features is in bone though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Coral would be my guess. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 The generally circular structure, and the hints of septa, suggest that it may be a section through a (recrystallized) horn coral. The features have suffered greatly from the diagenetic processes. "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...
JohnJ Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Given the broad range and decades of experience found in the TFF community, many members would have indicated the possibility or probability you had found a fossil embryo. The fact is that we are seeing a suggestively colored rock with a possible worn coral...something much more common in the St. Louis area. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwb9r6 Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 Thank you all for the comments! Yall are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Some biologists study plants.... The dots might be a cross section of a brachiopod as well. I suspect they are part of a fossil, but not a dino embryo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malteser Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I'm a biologist in training and can confirm that most biologists don't know much about fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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