JinXIII Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Hi! I'm new to this forum and would really like to learn about the egg in picture and of the type(s) of dinosaur that made Ross, Texas their home. (My curiosity is piqued for sure.) I found this fossilized egg several years ago when helping a friend tear an old storage building down in the pasture across the street diagonally from my house. We'd finished tearing building down and I was walking back home through the pasture, looked down and there it was, partially covered with dirt. I had the entire egg but someone helped themself to one half of it while I was on vacation. Whole, the egg was probably 1 foot long, maybe 1" or 2" more than that. Any info is appreciated. Thank You! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Sorry, but this is not an egg, but a chert nodule. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinXIII Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Oh darn... I was hoping it was an egg. Thank you for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 A very interesting and collectible large chert nodule. Nice find. 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...
Fossildude19 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Welcome to the Forum. I agree with nodule or concretion. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 It isn't a chert nodule or an egg; it is a 'mudstone' or 'ironstone' concretion. 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phevo Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, JohnJ said: It isn't a chert nodule or an egg; it is a 'mudstone' or 'ironstone' concretion. I agree with this, they are very nice cut and polished on one end, if you are into that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facehugger Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Ross looks to be in the Waco area - no dinosaur material to be found there, really. Cretaceous marine material is what you'll most likely find from those formations, which may include mosasaur or shark remains, as far as vertebrate material is concerned. Also there are some Pleistocene deposits, which might include stuff like mammoth-mastodon material. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinXIII Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Thank you for the info. I love looking for fossils, petrified wood, odd shaped/colored rocks, etc. I have found several teeth that belong to some type of shark called a "Skate". It amazes me when I think about the amount of fossils that ARE out there to be found. Our planet has been around for a long, long time and mind staggering numbers of living things have died on this planet as well. There has to be so much that we haven't discovered yet! Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Dinosaur skeletal material is not so common in Central Texas. There is the Archosaur Site in Arlington and some scattered stuff closer to Glen Rose. The Big Bend region has Late Cretaceous terrestrial deposits with bones. But what are common in Central Texas is foot prints. There are 100's of sites scattered across the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 8 hours ago, erose said: Dinosaur skeletal material is not so common in Central Texas. There is the Archosaur Site in Arlington and some scattered stuff closer to Glen Rose. The Big Bend region has Late Cretaceous terrestrial deposits with bones. But what are common in Central Texas is foot prints. There are 100's of sites scattered across the region. I have been curious as to why there are lots of footprints but essentially no skeletons found in Central Texas. Why is this? I know that fossilization is a very tricky process, but you'd think that there would have been some conditions that would have been favorable..... www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 15 hours ago, JamieLynn said: I have been curious as to why there are lots of footprints but essentially no skeletons found in Central Texas. Why is this? I know that fossilization is a very tricky process, but you'd think that there would have been some conditions that would have been favorable..... My understanding is that the shallow marine environment was one in which any animal that washed in would be quickly decompose or be scavanged. In most cases the bones of terrestrial animals were preserved where they were deposited and buried quickly. The classic is a river bend where a flash flood washes the animals in and then buries them quickly. Our Central Texas rocks are for the most part all shallow marine deposits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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