Krystalionaire Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Can anyone help me figure this out. Found in town in Dubois, Wyoming. At first thought petrified wood, then started to wonder bone. Looks like a claw mark on it. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 Not sure that is bone. Can you post some close ups dry and wet? Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystalionaire Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 (edited) Here are some closer up pics and some for scale Edited May 12 by Krystalionaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Try as I might, I'm not seeing any bone here. I'm also not sure if I see wood. But maybe I'm wrong. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I've spent a few minutes doing some research and have discovered that Dubois sits on Triassic sedimentary sandstone mostly of the Nugget Sandstone Formation and partially of the Chugwater Formation. The Nugget sandstone has deposits of gypsum in it, which might explain the glitter in some of your stones. Fossils are extremely rare in both Formations, although the Nugget does sometimes expose trace fossils. 4 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 looks a bit like wood for me, but as mentioned there are not many fossil remains known from the Nugget Sandstone Formation... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 To me, the wet pictures sure do resemble woodgrain, but since I'm not familiar with your area, I would defer to those that are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Hi, On 5/11/2024 at 4:49 AM, Krystalionaire said: Here are some closer up pics and some for sale This does not respect the charter of the forum. Here we are not talking about sales, except in a specific part open to members of a certain reputation ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 @Coco, I think maybe she meant "scale" instead of "sale", since she has a ruler in those photos. 1 1 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystalionaire Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 I did mean scale I'm sorry! I'm not trying to sell anything I meant scale! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystalionaire Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 I have also been told, possibly palm tree pet wood. We have found multiple petrified palm trees and I think it is more porous than other wood that might be was I'm seeing, thinking bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystalionaire Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 Thank you to all of the reply! Every opinion helps come to a conclusion!! 💛 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystalionaire Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 Thank you to all of the reply! Every opinion helps come to a conclusion!! 💛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystalionaire Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 Any thoughts on the 3 marks!? Do they look like claw marks to anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 It may be some trace fossils, but i doubt it is any type of petrified wood. it just doesn't look right for wood.. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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