austinswamp Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Good evening, I found this at a creek in Austin Texas and doesn't resemble most of my mosasaur vertebrae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Darktooth Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 A long time ago I pulled something out of my ear that looked similar to that. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I’d call it a chunkosaurus, though vert is possible. “...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...
caldigger Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Darktooth said: A long time ago I pulled something out of my ear that looked similar to that. Umm, eeew! Some things just aren't meant to be shared Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I agree. It's a nice piece of bone, but hard to know from what. Or it may be something Dave found in his ear. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I don’t think it is an ear bone +1 chunkosaurus . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Looks like a beat up mosasaur tail vert. I have a rock garden full of them. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 4 minutes ago, JarrodB said: Looks like a beat up mosasaur tail vert. I have a rock garden full of them. lol With no original surface structure remaining, how can You tell what it came from? I go with the chunkasaurus ID. 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...
austinswamp Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 27 minutes ago, JarrodB said: Looks like a beat up mosasaur tail vert. I have a rock garden full of them. lol Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 1 hour ago, ynot said: With no original surface structure remaining, how can You tell what it came from? I go with the chunkasaurus ID. When you find numerous ones each trip at NSR you can kind of tell what they were. What do you think @believerjoe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Hi, 15 hours ago, Darktooth said: A long time ago I pulled something out of my ear that looked similar to that. Beurk ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
believerjoe Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 2 hours ago, JarrodB said: When you find numerous ones each trip at NSR you can kind of tell what they were. What do you think @believerjoe? Mosasaur caudal vert with all the outer bone tumbled away. Convex on one end and concave on the other. See indications of where the lower processes would have attached also. Can’t give a species though as it is too far gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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