Tony G. Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I think this is a skull fragment, but I cannot figure out from what. Found in the North Sulphur River near Ladonia, Texas. Found in a pile of gravel and rocks in the center of the river bed. No other associated bones were found. I labeled the photos Back, Front, Top, Bottom (Because thats what they look like to me). Any help identifying it is greatly appreciated. Back View. Front View Bottom View. Top View. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Nice find!!! I can tell it's bone, I just don't know what specific bone it is. "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...
ynot Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Partial vertebra with neural arch (pointing down in picture 2). 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...
JohnJ Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Do you have other images of additional angles? Parts of it suggest elements from the bottom of a mosasaur skull...but not sure from these photos. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 the pix are a bit dark, but the top one looks like it could be an occiptal copondyle. I'll let you google that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterosaur Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 This looks like part of a brain case missing the occipital condyle. I've attached a pic of a triceratops brain case missing the same thing. Thought they sort of looked similar(ish). "I am a part of all that I have met." - Lord Alfred Tennyson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony G. Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 12 hours ago, JohnJ said: Do you have other images of additional angles? Parts of it suggest elements from the bottom of a mosasaur skull...but not sure from these photos. I will try and post some other photos this evening after I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony G. Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 9 hours ago, Tony G. said: I will try and post some other photos this evening after I get home. Some photos from different angles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Compare it to anything you can find on the basioccipital - basisphenoid for mosasaurs. Here are figures 10 and 17 from Russell's Systematics and Morphology of American Mosasaurs: The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Yeah, not a vert. Nice find!! 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...
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