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chgo2964

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We recently found this chunk of fossilized "something" in an Indiana field. We checked out Wikipedia, and it sure looks like fossilized dinosaur skin. Any thoughts from you experts out there?

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Pumpkinhead Regular Member

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Or perhaps a part of one. I would expect a concretion to be more oval or sphere-like in shape

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Fossildude19 Regular Member

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Sorry to disappoint, but it is not dinosaur skin, or a fossil at all. :(

Looks like a silicified ironstone nodule/concretion,... similar to the ones in this picture.

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It's a cool rock I would have picked up!

Keep looking..

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