Crisda Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Hello! Everyone has probably heard someone say here and there that they have found a dinosaur egg!! Although most eggs are very rare to find and you are very lucky if you do have the pleasure of finding one. I found this along with lots of other fossils in the same area. Just curious to know if you all think it is real or just a rock that is a look alike. This was found in Missouri in a small town of Fairdealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I'm fairly certain you are dealing with a concretion here. It does stand a better chance than most however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisda Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 It is a fascinating rock thats for sure! Even has a piece gone on the side and it looks to be something kind of bulging out of the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Concretions form around a nucleus. Sometimes that nucleus is a fossil. I'm not familiar with that area so you should wait for seconds on this. Opinions that is. We're not that quick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisda Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Thank you for letting me know your opinion! I really appreciate everyones information on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I'll go along with Rockwood. It appears to be a concretion, although it certainly could double as an egg at first glance. What looks like shell is probably mineral substance, but I'll leave the last word to a real expert like @Troodon Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertramp Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I think you got a fractured chert nodule (maybe with its limestone thin shell); ciao 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Without question, this piece is an exfoliating, chert nodule. Quite the egg look alike. 4 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisda Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Dinosaur egg or not, Im for sure adding this to the collection Thanks for all your opinions! Im sure I will find more fossils and more of these rocks when I go out again tomorrow. To bad its not a dinosaur egg my kids wanted it to hatch!! Now that would be historical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Yea, not any kind of egg. It's a concretion. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Dinosaur eggs have a shell it's usually a couple of millimeters thick and fairly visible. The shell is typically broken and some contain ornamentation or texture on the surface. They are extremely rare and few have been found from North America . Example from China 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I'd like to point out fig 8 in this piece 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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doushantuo Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 disregardtheerrorcode,documentopensfinefig 7troodoneggs had to post this 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 troodon,ontogeny,from JVP troodEmbry_eggs__Cretacs_theropodinos.pdf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abyssunder Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 The specimen in question is a chert nodule, as it was mentioned above by supertramp and JohnJ. 1 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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