MedicineHat Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Hiking on another beautiful spring day near Manyberries AB. Found some dinosaur bones, mostly broken pieces. Hadrosaur, ankylosaur, tyrannosaur, raptor, croc, turtle, ...rattlesnake! I love it when they rattle at you from under the sagebrush from 3 ft away...so polite of them! Among other things, i found this strange specimen. It looks very ...dinosaur-like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineHat Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 See if you can spot the rattlesnake in the bush. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrR Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 I'm thinking the snake is at upper left, peaking out of shadowy recess, in first picture. I don't see it in the second one. Hmm... Sorry, can't help you on the fossil. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineHat Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 16 minutes ago, MrR said: I'm thinking the snake is at upper left, peaking out of shadowy recess, in first picture. I don't see it in the second one. Hmm... Sorry, can't help you on the fossil. Good luck. Wow you're good! Hint: the prairie rattlesnake is mostly pale yellow with very faint markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrR Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 I ride mountain bikes in areas that have a lot of rattlesnakes, but they are Pacific type, which are rather dark in color. They also slither across a wood staircase that leads to the beach where I spend a lot of afternoons in the summer. You do develop a sixth sense for spotting them. That said, I barely saw the one in your image. I just recognized the evil-eye and shape of the head. If I had to depend on seeing the body, fuggetaboutit. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Pachy' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineHat Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 On 5/12/2019 at 4:55 AM, Rockwood said: Pachy' ? That's what I was pondering. Maybe some head nodules from a smaller one? Stegoceras? I have not found anything like it in the oldman formation but since I was in the dinosaur park formation in a new area, it's likely something known to the taxa of the area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Find the snake? I'm still trying to find the bush! I think new glasses are in order. P.S. -- It's good when they rattle at you. Imagine if they didn't. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Can you provide closer shots of the possible fossil? It looks interesting but the photos are too small to make out the detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxmendoza Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Looks like Pachycephalosaur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineHat Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 On 2019-05-12 at 1:50 PM, Mark Kmiecik said: Find the snake? I'm still trying to find the bush! I think new glasses are in order. P.S. -- It's good when they rattle at you. Imagine if they didn't. Lol this is the best I can figure. He was really hiding in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineHat Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 On 2019-05-13 at 7:37 AM, Carl said: Can you provide closer shots of the possible fossil? It looks interesting but the photos are too small to make out the detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineHat Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 On 2019-05-13 at 8:37 AM, hxmendoza said: Looks like Pachycephalosaur. I'm not directly familiar with pachycephalosaurid fossil material but it sure looks similar to photographs I've seen. I posted some closer up if it helps any Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Very strange. I guess the closest thing in my mind is pachy as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 To me it looks like a rooted pachycephalosaurid tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineHat Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 3 hours ago, dinosaur man said: To me it looks like a rooted pachycephalosaurid tooth Hi dinosaur man, Nope, I can tell you it's not tooth. Its closest to resemble a small section of nodules. I recently spoke to another fellow hunter in the field and he provided some pictures of another that he found very similar to this one from same area. He confirms his is nodules or spikes and so it makes the id more accurate. Cool, however, not a guarantee. Anyway, I also found a peachy skull cap this season. I will post more about it in the winter when I have more time. Right now it's time to tske advantage of field season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Cool can’t wait to see that skull cap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 It's a nice piece but not a tooth I can see why you might think this at first but no indication of enamel it's also consistent with pachycepolsauird I would suggest looking at the anterior portion of the nasal bone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arion Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 On 8/12/2019 at 12:00 AM, MedicineHat said: Hi dinosaur man, Nope, I can tell you it's not tooth. Its closest to resemble a small section of nodules. I recently spoke to another fellow hunter in the field and he provided some pictures of another that he found very similar to this one from same area. He confirms his is nodules or spikes and so it makes the id more accurate. Cool, however, not a guarantee. Anyway, I also found a peachy skull cap this season. I will post more about it in the winter when I have more time. Right now it's time to tske advantage of field season. Looks right to me; stratigraphically, the Manyberries area could be either the Foremost, Oldman, or Dinosaur Park formations, all Campanian age (so ruling out Pachycephalosaurus). I think the most likely identification here is a posterior squamosal nodule from Stegoceras (or possibly "Hanssuesia" depending on the formation). (Image from Sullivan, 2006) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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