KimTexan Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 I found this out at North Sulfur River last Saturday. I'm not sure if it's a fossil or just a rock. If it's a fossil I am thinking it could be part of a jaw fragment. In the middle of the widest part is a little white nub that could be part of a tooth, but I really am just guessing. Anyone have a more educated idea on it? the last pic is from the bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coled18 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Could you upload some higher quality pictures? Its pretty hard to tell with the current quality, but it looks like it could be a bone fragment. Higher quality pictures would enable us to see small structures and textures indicative of a fossil. CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 I'll try to do that tomorrow. All I have is my iPhone. I think I need sunlight for higher quality. I took a number of them and just couldn't get the quality any better in the lighting I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 I agree about the pictures - from what's posted now, I am only seeing an interestingly shaped rock. 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...
KimTexan Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 I tried taking more pics, but I just can't get them to be sharp enough with my iPhone 7 camera. Maybe it is the mottled nature of the piece and the phone can't focus on the detail. One picture I've marked. Inside the white lines there is a V shaped depression or trough almost. Then the red line is pointing to a light colored circular peg like structure that protrudes from the rock a bit like a tooth might. If you can't tell anything from it I'll just call it an unusual rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 It looks like a worn bivalve steinkern, to me. " 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...
ynot Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Yeah, what Abyssunder said. 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...
.thumb.jpg.51c371f10936bbc883322324e44cc518.jpg)
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.