casjaskula Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Hello!! This is my first time here and I was really hoping to get some assistance is identifying some stuff. Several years ago my uncle built a large workshop on his property and had has this huge pile of rocks in his backyard ever since. I am not positive of the whole story, but I do believe that the company he hired to dig for the foundation came across one, or several dinos, and just left the broken specimen in a large pile. I have several large chunks, this is only one piece, with the photos taken from several angles and ranges in an attempt to show the most detail. There are some weird little pink squiggly things that kind of look like worms in all of the larger chunks that I have, those really piqued my interest because I've never seen anything like that stuck in rock before. I have painstakingly attempted to clean some of the larger pieces up; I didn't want to unnecessarily bombard the forum with a ton of pictures, but will happily post more if anybody is interested. I'm kind of totally new to all of this paleontology stuff and any guidance or assistance will be very greatly appreciated!! Thanks for your time!! --Cassie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
casjaskula Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 Sorry, forgot to mention these were dug up in Crowley, Texas--about 50 miles northeast of Glen Rose, Texas; about 30 miles southwest of Arlington, Texas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-AnThOnY- Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 12 minutes ago, casjaskula said: Sorry, forgot to mention these were dug up in Crowley, Texas--about 50 miles northeast of Glen Rose, Texas; about 30 miles southwest of Arlington, Texas A closeup of the area in your 5th picture would be helpful, but otherwise it looks like a chunk of weathered limestone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Plax Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I think I see cliona sans aragonitic shell in a depression in pic one at 12 o'clock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Interesting area - Looks like worm tubes, to me. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RJB Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Yeah, one little area looks to have some 'wormy' stuff, but otherwise it looks like a rock. RB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rockwood Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 3 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Interesting area - If we could get a closer look, or larger file ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
casjaskula Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 Thanks so much for the feedback!! I apologize for my delay in response, life got hectic for a minute. I will definitely try to get some better images up tonight--side note: those weird wormy things are also in various places in at least 2 other large pieces that all came from the same pile of rocks in my uncle's backyard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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