frankh8147 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I was reading a description of Mosasaur material that made me re-think a vertabrae I considered to be Mosasaur. It is from Monmouth County NJ (Cretaceous) and does have a cone shape so I was wondering what exactly it is. On njfossils.net it gave this description (below) of Halisaurs so I was wondering if it could be this or even croc. Any help is appreciated. -Frank "The rare species, Halisaurus, has vertebrae that are distinguishable by the conical shape of the vertebrae. The main difference is that they are tapered toward the convexed end of the centrum and lack the divot of "crocodile" vertebrae." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 From what I see the piece is very worn down and only has a small portion of the original surface. I doubt it can be identified to anything other than chunkasaurus. Let's wait for other replies. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 If I found that in NJ, I'd call it ?mosasaur. It may be too beat up to be certain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non-remanié Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I agree with Carl. Its simply too worn to hazard any guess further than mosasaur. Unfortunately this is the state of preservation of the vast majority of mosasaur material in the main brook sites. 1 ---Wie Wasser schleift den Stein, wir steigen und fallen--- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 Thanks for the help! -Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Chunky Mosasaur. Aside from that, it's anyone's guess. Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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