Help Request , Is this a dinosaur egg ?

[sunmadmurf]

Hello. I am new to this forum . I have recently inherited a large fossil collection. My father collected them from around the world mostly in the 70's and 80's. 

Unfortunately ' I can not provide any information regarding origin.  

Recently I had a heart attack and am cataloging everything for my wife. I was thrilled to find this forum.

Any help to Identify this suspected fossil would be appreciated. My online efforts have been a failure so an educated opinion would be great.

Thank you, Sunmadmurf  

[hadrosauridae]

This is one of the very few times I can say that you have a good candidate.  The shape is actually the least indicator, but it does appear that it has a fractured shell layer.  This one should probably have someone give it a good , in-person inspection.  Dont take this as an absolute, pictures can hide a lot of detail that may confirm or refute the ID.

[Oregon1955]

Welcome to the Forum!

I'm no expert so...only an observation...  

A lot of straight lines in the fracturing. 

Seems a bit odd to my eye.

Mike

[jpc]

I agree with hadrosauridae.  We get this question a lot.  A lot, and mostly the answer is no.  But I cannot say no to this one.  Can you show us a close up of the texture of the thing?

 

 

[rocket]

I am unsure, the surface cracks are in the same way on all sides, surface-structure does not remind me to 100% to an egg, but..., it is an interesting candidate!

Can you see an upper layer like egg shale?

Could you please post some close-ups from the surface? This would really help!

thanks