Cybercyr Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Trying to figure out if my friends fossil is a dinosaur head with scaly skin or possibly turtle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Fluid Neutral Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Where did it come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Sorry, I don’t see anything resembling a dinosaur skull, or fossil at all. More pics from different angles could help id what exactly this is. "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Welcome to the forum! Unfortunately, I do not see any fossil here. If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybercyr Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 Sorry, it is from Fresno area california, was allowed to be photographed quickly, but no longer have access, its been in the family a long time. It has not been cleaned, and you can clearly see red and gray paint dripped on it....I'm new, as I only have a few clams from the Scotia bluffs and eel river. And only 3 weeks into rockhounding, I can't figure out how to post more pics, or make them smaller, I'll look for tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cybercyr Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 If I'm completely wrong, I understand, but as you see it in person, you clearly see scaled skin, bone, with inside of bone chalky blueish.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Sorry but this does not look like bone or skin, or any type of fossil. I think it is a silicate, possibly chert on/in a sandstone. 3 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 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 And being from Fresno, it would be Miocene or later sediments. Long after the dinos were bye-bye. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybercyr Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 The only three dinosaurs found in California are in this 1mile area where found... like right there, one was new type only seen there... and pierce came of, it's clearly leatherish and scale type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Cybercyr said: If I'm completely wrong, I understand, but as you see it in person, you clearly see scaled skin, bone, with inside of bone chalky blueish.... Sorry , but I agree that understanding is in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Welcome to the Forum. Another vote for geologic oddity. I see no skull morphology, no bone textures, and what you are stating is skin, looks nothing like any dinosaur skin I have ever seen. I'm going to have to say not a fossil, at all. For better, in hand assessment, this should be brought to a local university or museum. 2 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...
Cybercyr Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 I was thinking crocodile, but have to research if those were ever in area,.. they were afraid they couldn't show where grandpa found it and it would be confiscated if they had it identified... wish I had time to take a sample and better pics, thank you guys for all your help! Really appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Yeah no, sorry. This is an interesting looking rock. There's no skull here. Also no skin, it's too random for it to be scaly skin. Not to mention that preserved skin is very rare. We humans tend to see patterns in everything. Lots of times we pick up on complex patterns. But often we also see patterns that aren't really there. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcjr65 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 it looks like a large geode to me. I have some with that blue-hue chalcedony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 1 hour ago, pcjr65 said: it looks like a large geode to me. The piece that the OP posted is not a geode. 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...
Ludwigia Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 According to this, the only true dinosaur in California was found in Carlsbad, which is quite a few hundred miles south of Fresno. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Just another big ole rock. Sorry, had to laugh. Good luck RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SULLY Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 It's definitely an odd piece. I would have someone look at it in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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