Boris Albert Wagner Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 I found a small collection of fossils at a thrift store (of all places) and one of these fossils was labeled "dinosaur bone". But it looks like a plain old rock to me. could anyone help my with the ID. thanks, Boris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Agreed looks like a rock. Nothing diagnostic to see a vertebra or bone. Any pores visible to say it's a bone, need closer image of your second picture without fingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Does it say on the paper/note where it was found? I suggest it was in the US, but a (way more) precise location would be needed to say what it is. But basing myself on just those pictures, I agree that it looks like plain stone. Better pictures are needed though. 1 minute ago, Troodon said: Agreed looks like a rock. Nothing diagnostic to see a vertebra or bone. Any pores visible to say it's a bone Just beaten by you! Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Albert Wagner Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 I have no idea where it is from. I just found a bunch of fossils (mostly aquatic) glued to a piece of card inside a box labeled "national Audubon society" on a shelf with a bunch of books. Here are more pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Albert Wagner Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Close up pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Albert Wagner Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 These are the closest I could get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Lick your thumb and touch it, if it sticks it's probably bone. Less sanitary, you could use your tongue.. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Albert Wagner Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 It could be wishful thinking but my tounge does stick when I liked it, but wouldn't it stick if it was a porus rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 4 minutes ago, Boris Albert Wagner said: It could be wishful thinking but my tounge does stick when I liked it, but wouldn't it stick if it was a porus rock? Fossil bone is porous. However I'm amateur, I've just heard of people using this a few times before. I have used it myself with some bone I bought. Maybe the others will comment on the accuracy of the test. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Looks like it might be porous, see some cell structure, so it's most likely bone. Having said that there is nothing to suggest that it is or is not dinosaurian. Considering the source why not just say it's dinosaurian. Enjoy. The lick test is not a definitive one and may or may not work http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/bone-vs-stone-how-to-tell-the-difference-62895060/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Albert Wagner Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Thank you for all the feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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