the1sun Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 The picture i have posted below is a fossilized dinosaur egg cut in half. Beautiful fossilized inside yoke. Unfortunetly only have pictures of half of the egg. And im not sure on age or what species this may be from. Any ideas? The piece showing measures approximately 3 1/2" long, and about 4" x 3" measuring the yoke part showing. Any information you can provide is much appreciated! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 This is a product of geology, not a dinosaur egg. One of the names these go by is "Thunder Egg", a nod to its egg-like appearance. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I agree: no dinosaur egg there. A strictly geologic wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Sorry, No dinosaur egg. Very nice "Thunder-egg", though.Regards. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 A very nice looking specimen, looks like a breccia of some type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 There is an interesting thread about these "thunder eggs" in the "Rocks and minerals" section of this forum. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/50662-thundereggs/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 (uh, oh... here we go again). I agree witht he others.. this is not a dinosaur egg. Dinosaur eggs rarely have any internal 'egg' structure. What they DO have is an actual eggshell, which I don;t see in this one. Consider this... if that is indeed very nicely preserved yolk in the middle, what are all the other smaller things around it that look just like smaller yolks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 That's a really attractive thunder egg. I'd be happy to own one like that. Thanks for posting it. Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allosaurus Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 What would the inside of a dinosaur egg look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinnix Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 nice thunder egg, even better than the ones we collect locally here in queensland, australia, we rarely find them completely solid, we usually find them with a jagged cavity in the middle, ps - i had a bit of a chuckle at your question (sorry, no offence meant), "what would the inside of a dinasoar egg look like" ? sounds like a funny riddle . . . wonder what the answer would be ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) What would the inside of a dinosaur egg look like? To have an "inside," a fossil dinosaur egg would have to have resisted crushing - many haven't. But given that, and you have a relatively uncrushed egg, they are normally filled with sediment, crystals, or in rare cases a partial void. In very rare cases they have sediment/crystals and embryonic bones (and in exceptionally rare cases they may even have embryonic skin). But in the minds of dreamers they almost always have embryos, whether they are real fossil eggs or not... Edited November 25, 2014 by Carl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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