Fossil or just a rock?

[aplomado]

I found this at an Alabama creek recently, among Cretaceous marine fossil deposits.

 

I can't figure out if it is a fossil or not.

 

The scale is in cm.

 

Two pictures of the top, third one of the bottom.

 

What do you think?  

[FossilDAWG]

I get a worn vertebra vibe.

 

Don

[Rockwood]

27 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said:

I get a worn vertebra vibe.

 

Don

Agreed, the shapes and textures do seem to fit.

[caldigger]

Before I saw the comments I was thinking the same thing.

That makes three.

[Auspex]

1 hour ago, FossilDAWG said:

I get a worn vertebra vibe.

 

1 hour ago, Rockwood said:

Agreed, the shapes and textures do seem to fit.

 

2 minutes ago, caldigger said:

Before I saw the comments I was thinking the same thing.

 

I think you can write that down in ink.

[Rockwood]

23 minutes ago, Auspex said:

 

 

 

I think you can write that down in ink.

I don't think my pen would write on the screen, but if I turn around I see the pit shape in a moose atlas vert..  I've got a dolphin vert. that has the parallel ridges in a box over the kitchen cabinet, and the bone texture is from the hadrosaur vert. in a draw,  the divergent ridges just above the bone texture I'm sure I have in fish verts. from boxes all over the place. 

[caldigger]

 

In a draw?. Is that Maine lingo for drawer?  I didn't know you north eastern folk typed with an accent!  

[digit]

2 hours ago, FossilDAWG said:

I get a worn vertebra vibe.

I'd see a chiropractor if I was you.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[goatinformationist]

I get a worm vert too.

[FossilDAWG]

3 hours ago, digit said:

I'd see a chiropractor if I was you.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

Oh my aching sacroiliac!

Don

[caldigger]

3 hours ago, goatinformationist said:

I get a worm vert too.

Silly informationalist, you'd better just stick with the goats. 

Worms are invertebrate. 

[Rockwood]

3 hours ago, caldigger said:

Is that Maine lingo for drawer? 

No. We just call those pants. 

[aplomado]

Well, excellent, I am glad I did find a fossil!

 

So, probably a fish, or impossible to tell?

[Rockwood]

3 hours ago, aplomado said:

So, probably a fish, or impossible to tell?

I seriously doubt it is from a fish. Some characteristics may be conserved from when vertebrates were all fish though.