New Members Fortress88 Posted April 2, 2021 New Members Share Posted April 2, 2021 Howdy everyone! I'm from Southern Missouri and walk the creek beds all the time in search of arrowheads and more. When I was a kid 10 years ago I found this dinosaur head around rockbridge Missouri on our property. I finally wanted to find out what it belong to as only one Dinosaur has ever been identified in missouri?. Thank you everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) Welcome to TFF from Austria! Wow, especially the first pic - Pareidolia at its best! Note: Pareidolia is not a psychic or psychiatric disease, its normal human brain function. It allowed us to recognize human faces and enemies at a glance from fragmentary data. So sorry, your specimen is a strangely weathered rock, not a fossil. Franz Bernhard Edited April 2, 2021 by FranzBernhard 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Fortress88 Posted April 2, 2021 Author New Members Share Posted April 2, 2021 What about the vertabrae? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Fortress88 said: What about the vertabrae? Third pic? No vertebrae to me, sorry. But now I can see some texture in the third pic. I am getting the feeling that it is some kind of Speleothem, something between flowstone and dripstone. Franz Bernhard Edited April 2, 2021 by FranzBernhard 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Fortress88 Posted April 2, 2021 Author New Members Share Posted April 2, 2021 I can understand I just find it hard to believe that's the case. Thank you for the help! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 I agree with Franz Bernhard. This is geological, not a fossil. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 I thought so also, but look at last pic, way down inside, sure there's no fossil involved? What's that tiny horizontal ridge that looks like saw blade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Fortress88 said: Thank you for the help! You are welcome! And thanks for the additional pic. There is some radial structure, typical for some speleothems. At least, its not bone structure . 2 hours ago, Lone Hunter said: but look at last pic, way down inside, sure there's no fossil involved? What's that tiny horizontal ridge that looks like saw blade? I don´t see it, would you like to point it out to me? Thanks! Franz Bernhard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 I am not able to point it out, I'll describe differently. In the 4th picture, in the deepest part where it's dark, there are some round white things, it's in the lower foreground, actually looks more like a rope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Or is it upper foreground? Whichever, could this possibly be someone's art project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 I'm not seeing any fossil here - no bone texture, no bilateral symmetry, no skull or vertebra morphology. Weathered limestone or speleothem would be my guess here. 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...
Mahnmut Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Hello Fortress88, I am quite sure this is a really nice specimen of a speleothem, rather stalactite (growing downwards) than stalagmite (upwards) because of the tapering shape. The concentric/radial structure you see is similar to growth rings in a tree, though not necessarily counting single years. Best regards, J 1 2 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 it is not a fossil but it is exceptional 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 6 hours ago, Lone Hunter said: actually looks more like a rope. This here? These are some bumps of a speleothem to me. 6 hours ago, Lone Hunter said: could this possibly be someone's art project? Not totally impossible, but the internal texture does not speak for this hypothesis. Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 10 hours ago, FranzBernhard said: Third pic? No vertebrae to me, sorry. But now I can see some texture in the third pic. I am getting the feeling that it is some kind of Speleothem, something between flowstone and dripstone. Franz Bernhard My first thought was a cave structure (stalactite/stalagmite), but had never heard the term speleothem. Thanks, I learned something new! Although it is not a fossil, it is a really fun piece - in my opinion - better than a fossil skull. But then again, I LOVE pareidolia. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 It's a Speleothem. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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