dinodigger Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Hey gang, see how many verts you can find. Notice the neural spines that make up the fin. Came across this cluster as I was taking the hill back to get some fresh soil samples and do more work on the stratigraphic portion of the research. Well, and so we could find more bones of course... this is dimetrodon number 6 in an area that is roughly 20 feet by 10 feet... wowzers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I am on my phone so it is a tiny picture, but 7 or 8 I think I see. Great finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 6 vertebrae? "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Total guess, but,... 18? Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM - APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Perty dang cool no matter how many verts there are! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 How was the paleogeography there back then? What form of deposition could afford for so many corpses in such a small area? Or are they predation leftovers? Or was there a rumble in the jungle? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 looks like clay so probably slow moving water or tidal? Maybe a historic crossing of a body of water during migration? blind speculation on my part. Great questions Ludwigia.! That's the stuff that seems to interest me most with insitu finds. It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 In other post on the subject it has been stated that it was an oxbow lake that was periodically dehydrated. That would mean it was a flood plain of a large river. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 16 hours ago, squali said: looks like clay so probably slow moving water or tidal? Maybe a historic crossing of a body of water during migration? blind speculation on my part. Great questions Ludwigia.! That's the stuff that seems to interest me most with insitu finds. I like your slowing moving water or tidal suggestion. I've used Belemnite ( in situ ) orientation to help find possible paleocurrents. Which has turned up loose bones from a carcass I was looking for. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Another great discovery @dinodigger Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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