Mr. Mosasaur Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I found this down in our creek in Tennessee and thought it looked like a vertebrae, I chiseled it out of a rock and brought it home. I don't know what it is but the closest thing i could find is a small tail vertebrae of a mosasaur. I need help ID'ing this because I'm not just gonna jump to the conclusion that thats it because a lot of times its just a look a like rock, However I have handled fossils before and this feels like bone. Let me know what you think please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Hello and Welcome to the forum! In order to make it easier to make a possible Id we will need a few better pics. Some close-ups showing different views and definately better lighting. There are a lot of knowledgeable members here. Someone should be able to help you. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 8 minutes ago, Darktooth said: Hello and Welcome to the forum! In order to make it easier to make a possible Id we will need a few better pics. Some close-ups showing different views and definately better lighting. There are a lot of knowledgeable members here. Someone should be able to help you. Some locality info would help. The only thing anyone can tell you about your specimen is that it does appear to be boney material. Jess B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mosasaur Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 Im in the central basin of TN Ill post some more photos tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Cropped and brightened: 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...
Mr. Mosasaur Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 thanks for doing that I'mgoing to post more pics as soon as i can take them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mosasaur Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Here's a size comparison of the bone to a guitar pick I need help identifying. I live in the tip of the central basin of TN and have believed for a while now that central TN also used to be an ocean like west TN however thats not backed by anything but a ton of coral. If this is in fact a mosa tail vertebrae than it would prove my theory, If I'm wrong please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I've merged your topics - only one is necessary. I'm not seeing bone here, however. Wait for more opinions, though. 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...
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ynot Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I am not seeing any bone texture or characteristics in this piece. I think it is a suggestively shaped concretion. Most of Tennessee is rock from under water a long time before the mesozoic era. (coral does not grow on land.) 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...
Mr. Mosasaur Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Lithostrotionella Coral Chunk i found today not to mention i find horn coral and crinoid stems a lot. I know fossils can get washed down to places but theres is simply too much to just have been whisked down the creek . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mosasaur Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 like you said coral doesnt grow on land which would mean that this area wasn't land. not to mention west tennessee is known for great mosa finds and central TN isn't too far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Not the right aged sediments in Central Tennessee for Mosasaur. I'm guessing you are in the Mississippian or Ordovician. 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...
ynot Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Over millions of years soil is deposited on top of earlier soils (whether terrestrial or marine.). In Tennessee this layer cake was compressed laterally (like an accordion.). Then the rock on top was eroded away leaving the exposure of many different aged rocks. If You travel a few miles You can cross millions of years of rock exposure. When a stream cuts through a layer with fossils it will erode the softer parts and move the harder fossils into the gravels. The closer You are to the source the more fossils will be mixed into the gravels and the better condition they will be. 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...
Mr. Mosasaur Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 thanks for the map that will help me, however there are large amounts of coral and other aquatic signs where i live that apparently should not be in the mississippian era. any info would help as i dont really specialize in oceanic fossils (obviously). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mosasaur Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 i appreciate you guys helping me understand this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 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...
Fossildude19 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 According to THIS PDF, Lithostrotionella was around during the Mississippian. 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...
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