Crazyhen Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Hi, I have obtained a skull fossil from Madagascar. Anyone has any idea if it is a dinosaur skull? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Welcome to TFF! I do not see a skull here. There are no suture lines or other skull features. It may be leg bone end. 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...
Crazyhen Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 58 minutes ago, ynot said: Welcome to TFF! I do not see a skull here. There are no suture lines or other skull features. It may be leg bone end. Thanks but I don't understand why there are 3 big holes. And is it likely to be a fossil of a dinosaur or other animal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Not sure what it is. But skull? I would doubt... Needs to be prepped first. 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...
Rockwood Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I'm not convinced that it is bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I'm confident enough to say that it is not a skull, it reminds be of the start of a femur where it would attach to the hip based on the ball shaped socket, however I too do not see in the photos characteristics of bone. As fossilized bone should have a structure to it I have included two photos of the cell structure I am referring to, it would help if you could post some further images more close up aswell as any information on where this piece comes from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinosaurus Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 no, i don't see skull either. i think it is a bone, but i'm not sure either. if it is a bone, my gues would be top of a femur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Top of femur John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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