New Members pulz Posted February 1, 2014 New Members Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) I found this in the Chesapeake Bay on the lower Eastern Shore of Md and believe it was scooped up in an oyster dredge. Dimensions are 5" X 3" several pounds with an amber translucent rock texture. You can actually see light passing through the approx. 1/2 inch walls. I am a complete newbie here and this is my very fist posting . Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hadrosaurs roamed the area and I believe it may have made it's way down the Susquehanna River. Edited February 2, 2014 by pulz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Chert nodule. Although dinosaur bones and teeth are found along the Atlantic Coast I have never heard of deposits that would be right for eggs to be preserved. Anyone else know about this? There are some formations in Maryland I am not familiar with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taogan Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 A nodule, no sign of shell or any typical egg features Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members pulz Posted February 2, 2014 Author New Members Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) If it were diatomaceous chert what would account for the amber-like translucent stone appearance? Kindly Click the picture to get a closer look. The interior is hollow and very smooth. Edited February 2, 2014 by pulz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgcox Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 geologic not organic-- some sort of geode like nodule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 I clicked on the picture, and am still not seeing any "amber-like translucence". Maybe you could point out where we should look for this feature. Certainly a photo can look different from the specimen in hand. Also I do not understand the relationship between "amber-like translucence" and "hadrosaur egg". No authentic dinosaur egg that I have ever seen has any resemblance to amber. They do have a characteristic shell structure and surface texture, which is entirely absent in your photos. On the other hand, chert (which is quartz) is commonly translucent, and has a fracture pattern identical to the one visible in the right hand photo. Posts about "dinosaur eggs" are virtually a weekly occurrence in this forum. Every one that I can recall has turned out to be a nodule (chert is common), or rounded river-worn rock. If you are still convinced this is an egg, you should have that confirmed by a specialist. You could contact the American Museum of Natural History, or the Smithsonian. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 If you do a search on egg in this forum, you will see a lot of the different posts on eggs. The discussions in these posts will give you a much better idea of what to look for in the specimen and show you a few real eggs versus many many concretions, nodules, rocks etc. Unfortunately your specimen does not show the characteristics of an egg. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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