BKaller Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Can anyone id the large bone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Welcome to TFF! Can You provide more information? Where is it from" How old is it? Pictures from all sides and the ends would help to. 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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ynot Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 36 minutes ago, ynot said: Welcome to TFF! Can You provide more information? Where is it from" How old is it? Pictures from all sides and the ends would help to. Tony 3 minutes ago, BKaller said: Still need to know the location and age of this bone. 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...
Cris Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 The new topic with better pics of the specimen in question has been merged into this topic. I see on one of the images, BKaller mentions that he does not remember how he obtained it, so we probably won't get much more info to go off of with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKaller Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 A friend who runs a fossil safari in Wyoming gave it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 56 minutes ago, BKaller said: A friend who runs a fossil safari in Wyoming gave it to me. I see maybe a sauropod caudal, but heck, your friend ought to be able to tell you what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace river rat Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I see a big bone from a limb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I agree with jpc, one possibility is a caudal vertebra from a sauropod. The length works and with both ends being flared out a centrum is a good possibility. Here is a picture of that vertebra and what I have pointed to in red could be the attachment points for the spine. Here are a couple of screens shots of Diplodocus caudal vertebrae to compare against. Lots of different sauropods in Wyoming so it does not have to be this species Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKaller Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 UPDATE: I have found a record that means it is most likely a ceratosaur caudal vertebrae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 II agree with troodon,and thanks for posting those pix. I don't know much about Ceratosaurus, but I do know a bit about other large theropods, and I will still go with sauropod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I would also be very suspicious of that ID looks more like a sauropod. Theropods during the Jurassic were not that massive especially ceratosaurs which were one of the smaller large predators. So their tails were composed of lightweight vertebrae. Here is a photo of a ceratosaur caudal vertebrae upper right very different than your specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Thanks for posting the certaosaur pix, troodon. Diplodocus looks even more likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKaller Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 MAJOR update!!! I found paperwork and even more fossils. Please help me identify the smaller ones, and how it relates to the big one. Also, it is most likely from Louisiana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Can you please post individual pictures of the items you are asking about so we can comment on them. The views provided are not adequate to diagnose. It's highly unlikely your items came from Louisiana they probably came from the same locality of the centrum the Morrison Fm of Wyoming Iike your paperwork indicates. I don't think the smaller items are related they appear to be theropod while your centrum is from a sauropod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKaller Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 I am wondering if the smaller bones are related to the bigger bones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Very confused bigger bones ? I only see one large bone the centrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 10 minutes ago, Troodon said: I don't think the smaller items are related they appear to be theropod while your centrum is from a sauropod. I think I answered your question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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