Zapins Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 I found what I think is a large vertebrae in north Jackson county ky. I think the stone looked like marine deposits in the area I found it in. Is this a vertebrae? I think I can make out cortex bone on the edges in some places, artery holes, trabeculae under the cortex and a large area in the center of the bone for a disc. If so what animal did it come from? Fossil. Vertebrae? by Zapins, on Flickr Fossil. Vertebrae? by Zapins, on Flickr Fossil. Vertebrae? by Zapins, on Flickr Fossil. Vertebrae? by Zapins, on Flickr Fossil. Vertebrae? by Zapins, on Flickr Fossil. Vertebrae? by Zapins, on Flickr Fossil. Vertebrae? by Zapins, on Flickr Fossil. Vertebrae? by Zapins, on Flickr Fossil. Vertebrae? by Zapins, on Flickr Fossil. Vertebrae? by Zapins, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuajbelanger Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 I don't know the outcropping or locality, but might be weathered whale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 It does have some interesting texture to it, but I would bet it is a geologic look alike. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 It looks like geologic to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 I agree with geologic. 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 May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Has anyone mentioned geologic yet? Sorry, I'm with the other guys. 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...
FossilDAWG Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Considering the texture shown in some of the side views, such as the 5th image, I think there is a possibility that this may be a worn piece of a trunk of a Carboniferous tree. I say Carboniferous because of the collecting area, and because often such specimens are filled with matrix and only have the exterior preserved. If it isn't that, then it is purely geologic in origin. Either way, not a vertebra. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Does have some interesting outside texture, but im going to say,,, Rock-a-roo. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapins Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 As you all mentioned, might be something other than a vertebrae but I have a strong feeling it isn't. I work with bone on a daily basis and know the texture which this item has. I have found castings in the past of trees which this forum helped identify, but the inside of that looks different and has no holes and structures like this new find does. I also found nothing else similar over 8 miles of hiking in that area that remotely looked like it. The piece I found also has too many markers of bone (correct thickness of cortex, trabeculae like strucures, holes for blood vessels and concentric ring shapes) for me to think that the most likely explanation is geologic in nature. Take a look at these vertebrae from other animals and then look again at my find. I think the piece I found was pretty weathered and knocked up which has made it a bit harder to make out clearly. Let me know what you think. Whale vertebrae: Shark vert: Plesiosaur vert: Mammoth vert Mammoth vert: Mammoth vert: My find: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapins Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 I made a video showing it from all sides and took a high res image of the surface of the object to show you the bone like details. Let me know what you think. Click on this image then click full size to see the 5000 pixel version for max detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Doesn't look like bone to me. Looks like a sandstone/conglomerate concretion or nodule. Regards, 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 May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I agree with Tim, not 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...
JohnBrewer Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Not bone. Also all the verts I have seen, the centre is concave, yours is sorta convex. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 lets see what @Herb has to say, only forum member I can think of in KY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Sorry,It does not look like a vertebra to me either. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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