Aurelius Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Can anyone ID this please? The groove on the side has me puzzled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyBoy Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelius Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Can't find a good match but it's giving me more of a croc vibe. It's definitely a caudal vert though. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelius Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flx Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelius Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 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. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelius Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Yeah I saw it on the website as well. Even if it's croc it still seems like a pretty good deal. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 The permineralization is very nice. 1 " 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...
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