RobinRFlores Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Half a egg!,does anyone know what kind of egg it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell Ricketts Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 It's the kind of egg that's a rock and not a fossil, unfortunately. _________________________________ Wendell Ricketts Fossil News: The Journal of Avocational Paleontology http://fossilnews.org https://twitter.com/Fossil_News The "InvertebrateMe" blog http://invertebrateme.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Location? Size? Not an egg. Looks like chert nodule, but further information could change that opinion. 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...
Kane Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 You may be in a rush to assume too much here. This is likely geologic and not an egg. Do a search on Google for images of fossil eggs. Also, it is a good idea to provide some kind of scale with the image so we know how large it is, and location information of where it was found. Size and location are absolute necessities when it comes to assisting us in performing a proper identification. Topic moved to Fossil ID. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Eggs are a thin outer layer and have specific texture, think of a chicken egg texture. This is a broken concretion. “...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...
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Fossildude19 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Agreed,... this is not an egg. No eggshell texture or even eggshell present. 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...
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RobinRFlores Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 Petrified toe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 It's a rock. Have you had an opportunity yet to locate a geological map of your area? A little knowledge is always in season! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRFlores Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 What kind of horn is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 This, too, is a rock. Probably best to start a new thread. I would also look up "pareidolia." Mother nature does like to throw the odd curveball in making us see stuff that tricks us. And I'm quite serious about you spending some internet time locating a geological map of your area. You will learn a great deal! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 @RobinRFlores Hello Robin and welcome to the forum. I am going to offer you some advice and insight. First, you need to learn something about the geology of your area and what types of fossils you can find there. By geology I mean the age of the sediments around you. I looked up the town you mentioned and see that it is slightly southwest of San Antonio. From what I see on a map it looks like you are in lower Eocene Clairborne Group. Now that i found that so easily, try looking online to see what types of fossils are found and see what they look like. We want to help you all we can, but assuming you have found horns and toes and heads and teeth from animals that are not known from those sediments pushes our patience to its limit. Look at pictures of fossils on here and other sources online and learn what they look like so you can differentiate between a fossil and a rock. Edit: I will add that my finding of Eocene Clairborne Group is not positive. If your location is slightly further west than I approximated, you would be in Cretaceous Eagle Ford I believe. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 The first one would be an egg-shaped pseudofossil, a pretty nice broken chert / flint nodule, showing the conchoidal fractures. Take a look here . " 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...
JohnJ Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Texas Geologic Maps The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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