huangeric Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 The dino bone was purchased in Wyoming. Is it the skin impression on the bone surface? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 I can’t teally be sure but I did recently visit a museum with Dino’s and they had some skin impressions on display. It doesn’t seem to be a skin impression but that’s only based on the photos presented. Nice bone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Hm, looks like... maybe? Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyBoy Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Has the impressions similar to hadrosaur so guess it could be one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 It certainly gives the impression of preserved skin. Well, not that it's an impression, but it appears the actually 3-D skin itself or the infill of an impression. It looks very much like the small specimen I have (not on bone) and the photos from the Internet. The generally rounded "lumps" of various diameters are, I think, typical; the variation in size perhaps corresponding with body location. I would be excited if it were mine, as it is a really intriguing type of fossil. I hope someone with more first-hand experience with this material will add to this post. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 I think it is a mineral growth (something like caliche). In the second picture it looks like it has varying thickness inconsistent with skin. What think You Frank? @Troodon 1 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...
huangeric Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 58 minutes ago, snolly50 said: It certainly gives the impression of preserved skin. Well, not that it's an impression, but it appears the actually 3-D skin itself or the infill of an impression. It looks very much like the small specimen I have (not on bone) and the photos from the Internet. The generally rounded "lumps" of various diameters are, I think, typical; the variation in size perhaps corresponding with body location. I would be excited if it were mine, as it is a really intriguing type of fossil. I hope someone with more first-hand experience with this material will add to this post. The specimen does have a layer of "skin". My personal interpretation is after dino died, due to the mummification process, the tissues shrank and skin was attached on the bone then forming the "skin impression" as the specimen I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 I agree with the comments that it looks more like mummified skin than an impression. I would need to hold the specimen to be sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Could be. Can we get a closer view of the third photo. The pattern looks very hadrosaur-skinnish from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 I'm in the mummified skin the pattern is almost identical to other examples of hadrosaur impressions I have seen before beautiful piece congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huangeric Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 8 hours ago, jpc said: Could be. Can we get a closer view of the third photo. The pattern looks very hadrosaur-skinnish from here. Here is the photo in detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 It seems to look a little more irregular than most dinosaur skin examples. But at the same time there do seem to be details that are fairly typical of dinosaur skin. Still on the fence but would lean slightly towards it actually being skin impressions. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I agree with LordT, but I am leaning the other way.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I still think mineral is more likely than skin. 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...
Bobby Rico Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I when I first looked at this in the first photos I thought you could see the ellipsoid scales but the last close up picture I think it is to much a random pattern to be skin . I am in the mineral camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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