Trilobiting Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Hello, I found these "fossil turtle eggs" up for sale on an auction site. The seller claims these "authentic" turtle eggs were found in Bulgaria. I highly doubt these are even eggs, they may just be concretions. Just to be sure, I'm asking whether these are real or not. "Fossils have richer stories to tell about the lub-dub of dinosaur life than we have been willing to listen to." - Robert T. Bakker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 @HamptonsDoc John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 This may come as a surprise, and it is the first time I’ve ever said such a thing on an egg related post, but it might be real. I’m no expert in such things, but it looks to have a thin egg shell that has bumps on it. It’s also cracked in a way one would expect from a fossil egg. Do wait for others opinions though. 1 “...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 November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I am doubtful on them being eggs. Let's see what @-Andy-, @jpc and @Troodon think. 1 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...
caldigger Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Turtle eggs have a very smooth surface not textured like avian eggs usually are, and they look very much like a ping-pong ball. This piece pictured seems unevenly shaped. I am going with a "pass" on this one. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 The first one is an echinoid with most of the shell missing. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Al Dente is right. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I see an echinoderm on the first one as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobiting Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Here's another one the seller has up for sale. "Fossils have richer stories to tell about the lub-dub of dinosaur life than we have been willing to listen to." - Robert T. Bakker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobiting Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 52 minutes ago, Al Dente said: The first one is an echinoid with most of the shell missing. Do you know what the second one is? "Fossils have richer stories to tell about the lub-dub of dinosaur life than we have been willing to listen to." - Robert T. Bakker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 8 minutes ago, Trilobiting said: Do you know what the second one is? I’m thinking concretion or maybe steinkern. 1 “...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...
-Andy- Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I would avoid these. They look nothing like turtle eggs. Here are what Oligocene turtle eggs from White River Formation, Wyoming look like. 4 Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I’d avoid them just because one of them is clearly an echinoderm, not what the seller claimed it was and if one is shown to not be what it is purported to be, then that makes any other claims suspect as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 G.& M.Packard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 tHE FIRST ONE IS INDEED AN ECHINOID. Darn caps lock. I suspect the others are echies as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 The first picture for sure is an echinoderm - the others might be as well. Stay away. Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonsDoc Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I really don't know much about these so I don't think my opinion will help much in this matter. Seems like most think its an echinoderm. Here's a turtle egg in my collection from China: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Chinese turtle egg.... Hmmmm..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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