chele Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I find a lot of fossils here, but I find more weird things. These are just a few I have that really take weirdness to a higher level. All are very heavy and dense. Chelebele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasFossilHunter Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Look like coprolites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chele Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 Look like coprolites. I would hate to be the dinosaur that dropped the second one! Chelebele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachj Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 lol! one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raistlin Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I would hate to be the dinosaur that dropped the second one! Maybe it was a kidney stone Eitehr way ouch RobertSoutheast, MO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vordigern Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 those really are strange looking, maybe some kind of concretion? A lot of the odd shaped stuff here in NJ is siderite concretions and sometimes I find stuff inside them. That first one really has me intrigued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S233 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 dont know what they are but if they are coprolites that would be funny! : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost1066 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 I would guess coprolites too. Second pic looks like an iron concretion to me but that is just a swag. Cool no matter what they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 They all look like concretions. The first one is really cool. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 HI chele- yeah, concretions. They can be a dime a dozen in the Hell Creek, and I've never heard anyone ever call them coprolites, probably cuz most of them don't actually look like poo. I call them Michelin Men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I have a small collection of these Hell Creek concretions ( extruded under great pressure ) Found south of Glendive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Some concretions do form around fossils... Where did I put that x-ray machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chele Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 I went out to the dueling dinos site over the weekend. There was a big concretion about 10 to 15 feet from the hole where the two dinos were found. It was stuck in a cliff. I used to split them but I got tired of finding nothing inside after a couple of hundred of them. I reached out to pull it from the cliff and it split in two. I was very surprised to find a very large claw inside. I did not mess around with the site because it is where Clayton had dug. When I got back to the house I called Clayton and told him what I found. He was also very surprised! He had said that Pete Larson had visited the site years before and he thinks there might be another large therapod buried there. He said he did not think a Nano could take down such a large Ceratopsian by himself, there had to be another large therapod. If there is another dino there a big mudslide or some other event must have buried them very quickly for all to be present. So now I am very curious. I did not get a chance to photograph the claw. The owner of the property had already taken the claw to Clayton. To make a very long story short, that is the only concretion I found with something inside it. Chelebele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 It's always possible that a fossil could end up in a concretion by chance, even if they don't otherwise tend to grow around fossils. I must say I've never heard of a claw being found in one, though. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve71 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 cool looking finds wish i looked for fossils when i lived in Sidney many moons ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chele Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 (edited) It's always possible that a fossil could end up in a concretion by chance, even if they don't otherwise tend to grow around fossils. I must say I've never heard of a claw being found in one, though. I was able to get a photo from the land owner tonight. She did not send the other pics of the other pieces of the claw, but this will give you a picture of the concretion. You can see the part that I split to reveal the fossil. Edited September 7, 2012 by chele Chelebele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I was able to get a photo from the land owner tonight. She did not send the other pics of the other pieces of the claw, but this will give you a picture of the concretion. You can see the part that I split to reveal the fossil. Cool. That's some strange texture in the concretion matrix. I wonder if those are some kind of crystals? Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now