Lizard embryo?

[scubarat]

Found this on a river in central Texas.  embryo fossil?

Edited September 24, 2019 by scubarat

[scubarat]

[Kane]

Welcome to the forum.  

This seems to be more of a geologic piece with differential weathering and no biological origin (no apparent bones, bone texture, morphology, etc.). Soft parts of vertebrates only fossilize in extremely rare and specific circumstances.

[Rockwood]

I can see where you are going in the first shot, but the trail does go cold after that.

[scubarat]

Thanks.  It looked like this image to me.

[FossilNerd]

3 hours ago, scubarat said:

Thanks.  It looked like this image to me.

I see where you may get this idea from the first picture, but it is purely coincidental. As Kane stated there is no diagnostic details in the piece that would point to it as being anything other than geological.

 

 

The human brain is a marvelous thing! It is hardwired to recognize certain shapes and features. Especially faces. Sometimes the brain takes vague features and says “Hey that looks like _____!” Sort of like seeing bunnies in the clouds or a face in the moon. It’s called Pareidolia. That seems to be the case here. One gets the sense from the first pic that there may be a skull peeking out of the rock, but when looking at the details, one realizes that it’s just a rock that has a vague appearance to a face.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

[scubarat]

Thanks for the input.  Thought I may have had something.

My son is more of the fossil guy, I just like picking up interesting rocks, bones and arrowheads.

[FossilNerd]

1 hour ago, scubarat said:

Thanks for the input.  Thought I may have had something.

My son is more of the fossil guy, I just like picking up interesting rocks, bones and arrowheads.

No worries! Glad to help! I’ve been known to pick up an interesting rock or two myself when out hunting for fossils.  

 

Keep your eyes peeled while you are out hunting rocks, bones, and points. You are bound to find a fossil eventually! We are mainly fossil focused here, but we also have a “rocks and minerals” sub forum and one called “artifacts and relics” that you may find interesting.