AnttiP Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 My parents found this small fossil in 1970s when t hey were in France. It looks like a dinosaur skull but i'm not sure what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Welcome to the Forum. Unfortunately, I don't think this is a fossil at all. It looks like an oddly shaped stone - I see no bone texture to the item. Wait for some more opinions, though. Regards, 4 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...
Troodon Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Cool looking rock does look like a face. Skulls are not typically solid but made up of bone elements and you see the sutures that tie them together. No bone present 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Sorry, but no, this is not any type of skull. I don't see any bone here. One side has a vague resemblance to a reptile skull, but the other side shows no such features. This piece also seems to lack any details we'd expect from a real skull. As Troodon said, there would need to be sutures between the individual bones of a skull, as they are not made up of a single solid piece. I'm thinking those holes are there just because of erosion. Notice how the whole piece is rounded off? It looks like it's been worn by time and environment, possibly by water. So yeah, it's not a fossil or skull. But it is an interesting looking rock. 2 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 It's a suggestively shaped rock with vugs having crystal druse . 3 " 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...
GeschWhat Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Fun rock - worth picking up and keeping even if it isn't a fossil 4 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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