Please help me identify. I see a giant parasite eating a face.

[Guest Eileenk]

1 minute ago, ClearLake said:

No, its bone if it has the structure, composition and features of bone, none of which are apparent in your rock. I was merely using the pictures already posted as an example of some features to look for. 
 

Why do you suggest there is no possibility of permineralization?  I don’t believe that was ever stated. 

Again, I am pretty naive to fossils..just very intrigued. I have seen many bones and skulls but I’ve never studied the fossilization of anything until I began noticing a pattern in a lot of rocks I get out of the Blanco and Llano. I consistently see the same pattern of structures and some even what looks like skin and claws or teeth that are still very sharp. So recently these things I saw in the rocks lead me down the topic of fossils. I didn’t believe what I was seeing especially skin, it’s quite unbelievable, until I recently read about petrification or permineralization. I always only related anything petrified to wood so it made me more curious. So that’s why I ask the question is permineralization not an option? Me being curious and wanting to learn. 

[doushantuo]

There are certain parameters attached to fossil material:

age, mineralogy, appearance, stratigraphy, morphology 

Fossilized ecological interactions (e.g. parasitization ) are very, very,very rare

You are showing a bit of earth material , and accompany it with a presumption not borne out by facts

BTW, Eileen K: this is not meant in a derogative way ,I  "don't  do condescendence "

Edited November 12 by doushantuo

[Guest Eileenk]

22 minutes ago, doushantuo said:

There are certain parameters attached to fossil material:

age, mineralogy, appearance, stratigraphy, morphology 

Fossilized ecological interactions (e.g. parasitization ) are very, very,very rare

You are showing a bit of earth material , and accompany it with a presumption not borne out by facts

BTW, Eileen K: this is not meant in a derogative way ,I  "don't  do condescendence "

Thank you. I appreciate it and I certainly don’t take any offense whatsoever. It’s just a new subject for me but I also don’t want to step on any toes by questioning everything. It’s just my curiosity. I’d like to try to take better pictures and share for more thoughts and feedback. I’m enjoying learning and also browsing some unbelievably amazing finds on here. 
Thank you again for your feedback 

[Rockwood]

8 hours ago, Eileenk said:

My reason for question if these rocks are possibly fossils is because I consistently see the same features on most of the rocks collect, especially the crystallized ones.
I began noticing that nearly every rock, both small and large,

I think you need to adjust the sensitivity of your imaging down a notch or two. 

[Mahnmut]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

I agree that the example pic of the turtle does not show much more of the identifying detail (due to the photos resolution), but it shows the symmetry well.

What you are refering to as marrow should rather be "spongiosa", the porous inner part of many bones, marrow is the tissue that fills those spaces in life. While some of your rocks are porous, the pores are different from spongiosa, thats a question of detail, but clear to see in your fotos.

While some of the cracks in some of your rocks somewhat resemble sutures- again, sutures which most prominently appear in skulls, have very specific shapes which your finds does not.

As mentioned above, limestone can weather into bizarre and organic looking shapes.

I do see the superficial resemblance to bones that caught your eye, but honestly, the only thing resembling centipedes I see here are cracks, ridges and fissures of weathered rock.

Then there are the probabilities:

Each vertebrate has one skull, but many ribs, vertebrae etc.

So finding lots of skulls without any other bones would be highly unusual.

Finding one parasite fossilized in the act of attacking its vertebrate host would be a scientific sensation, many all over the place is hard to believe.

And none of the detail fits that unbelievable scenario.

Sorry to say you have some cool rocks there, but no fossil parasites.

Take them to a museum if you like, preferably to one with a scientific orientation (there are others...)

But do not expect to much.

Best regards,

J

 

 

[Fossildude19]

Unfortunately, as humans, we are all susceptible to Pareidolia.
We can easily recognize shapes and interpret them as things we already know about. However,  geology can produce seemingly repeating shapes/textures that can be confusing to this ability of ours. 

 

A better approach to your curiosity would be to study how fossils form, the stratigraphy of your area, and what fossils are likely to be found in your area.