Benjaminpb Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Me and a friend of mine were looking for fossils in a creek here in Austin Texas today when he stumbled upon this vertebrae. Any ideas what it once belonged to? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Miocene_Mason Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 What's the age of the things you find in this creek? “...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...
ynot Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 If I remember correctly -- cretaceous marine and pleistocene terrestrial. Possibly a crocodile or mosasaur. 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...
Benjaminpb Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Yes, Cretaceous as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Yeah probably mosasaur then. “...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...
Benjaminpb Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Thanks guys. I've never heard of anyone finding anything mosasaur related here. So I'm guessing it was a pretty lucky find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Mosasaur vertebrae have one concave and one convex end. A picture of the not shown end would help in the rule out process. This might be a Mosasaur vertebra looking like yours: picture from here (BTW, vertebrae is the plural of vertebra.) " 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...
doushantuo Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Is this just me ,or are "concave" and "convex" only anatomically meaningful with a direction given like "caudad",or at least "posterior" or "anterior"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjaminpb Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 Sorry that the pictures aren't better. The friend of mine who found it while we were out searching local creeks on Saturday took the pictures. I asked him to send me pictures once he got it cleaned up. Here's a better view of the other end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 On 8/6/2017 at 1:47 PM, doushantuo said: Is this just me ,or are "concave" and "convex" only anatomically meaningful with a direction given like "caudad",or at least "posterior" or "anterior"? That is only You. The inside of a bowl is concave and the outside is convex. It does not matter which way the bowl is facing. 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Looks to be bivalve. “...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...
ynot Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 1 minute ago, Benjaminpb said: That same friend of mine found this in the same area as that vert. Any ideas? I don't want to post it on the main Id page because I feel like I'm posting too much. Pictures did not load. A new topic will get more views-- as long as it is not the same piece. 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...
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