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Moab-area fossils


LStamm

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Was hiking near Moab, Utah, climbed about 100 feet up a cliff to look for ruins, and stumbled across these.  The rock was Jurassic-era sandstone.  They were spread over an area about 20 x 20.  Could they be dinosaur bones?  If so, what kind?  Thanks!

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Interesting, but I’m not seeing fossils in these pictures. It looks more geologic to me.   Maybe like some veining within the rock or precipitation of minerals within cracks. But maybe others are more familiar with the exact area and can tell you what they have seen. 

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My experience with Moab is with invertebrate marine enviornment deposits.

I would be inclined to go with the mineral precipitation ClearLake mentioned.

 

 

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There is a lot of dinosaur bearing Morrison Fm around Moab, but these are not dinsoaur bones.  Calcite veins maybe.  

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