cynthia Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 This a boulder a friend found along the Waipara Gorge in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. The rocks there can be as early as Cretaceous...any thoughts as to what it might be? I have more photos, but I'm not sure how to put them up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 You should be able to add more pictures in reply post. TFF has a 4 megabyte limit per post. 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...
jpc Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Probably not penguin if it is Cretaceous... Though it would be great to find a cret penguin. More likely mosasur, but it may be impossible to tell from the cross sections seen. Bobby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 nice collection of bones but i dont beleive its penguin because of the way the bone is constructed ,penguin bones would have a hollow structure. more likley to be marine reptile maybe mosasaur from up near the ram padock road area of the waipara would be my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynthia Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 thank you ! Here are some more photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RJB Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Whatever it is, its purty darn cool. Just wish I could take my air scribes to it. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynthia Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 RJB, I know what you mean! She won't let me touch it though! ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Hi there nice find! Looks like some ribs and some sort of flat bone (scapula?) from a large marine vertebrate. I would guess Mosasaur if it is Cretaceous or Cetacean if this is Tertiary. It's hard to be diagnostic with some post cranial elements. These bones would be too big even for the largest penguins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynthia Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 Thank you Doctor Mud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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