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What groove are you asking about ?  The long oblong hole on the side of the centrum is  known as a pleurocoelus and can be found in sauropod vertebrae.

 

 

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1 hour ago, TyBoy said:

What groove are you asking about ?  The long oblong hole on the side of the centrum is  known as a pleurocoelus and can be found in sauropod vertebrae.

 

 

Thank you - that is the groove I was talking about. I harboured suspicions that it may be sauropod.

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Can't find a good match but it's giving me more of a croc vibe.

 

It's definitely a caudal vert though.

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32 minutes ago, LordTrilobite said:

Can't find a good match but it's giving me more of a croc vibe.

 

It's definitely a caudal vert though.

 

Oh dear, I've bought it now. At least it was cheap.

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The shape looks a bit like crocodile to me as well. However, I have never seen a crocodile vertebra with that kind of pneumaticity. Therefore, I think it is a dinosaur vert.

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Thanks for the opinions so far. It arrived today, so I cleaned it up a bit and took a few photos - do these shed any light on it at all? Thanks.

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It certainly is a cool looking vert. I'm not completely sure. It doesn't look much like Sauropod to me. Might be Theropod caudal but I would still lean towards croc caudal.

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18 minutes ago, LordTrilobite said:

It certainly is a cool looking vert. I'm not completely sure. It doesn't look much like Sauropod to me. Might be Theropod caudal but I would still lean towards croc caudal.

 

Ah well, at least it's an attractive piece. It only cost £15, so I can live with it as a nice probable croc vert.

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Yeah I saw it on the website as well. Even if it's croc it still seems like a pretty good deal.

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The permineralization is very nice. :dinothumb:

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