Something my boy found

Muddy Feet · Feb 20, 2009

My son found this while we were rock hunting. Anyone know what it is?

Kentucky Kache · Feb 20, 2009

Map of Atlantis?

Montauk3 · Feb 20, 2009

Vertebra?

Mosasaurfiend · Feb 21, 2009

Muddy Feet said:
My son found this while we were rock hunting. Anyone know what it is?

Well, not bone.. hey can u get a better close up of that tooth to it's right?

Muddy Feet · Feb 21, 2009

Mosasaurfiend said:
Muddy Feet said:

My son found this while we were rock hunting. Anyone know what it is?

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Well, not bone.. hey can u get a better close up of that tooth to it's right?

Its a bear claw, got a half dozen for a couple bucks at a junk shop.

fossil_femme · Feb 21, 2009

got pics of the side and/or back? maybe one with a coin or something beside it, for size reference?

im leaning towards vertebrae too. but it does resemble atlantis a bit...

oldgoat · Feb 21, 2009

Vertabra, have several pieces like it in my collection down here in Texas...likely from a water dino...

Muddy Feet · Feb 21, 2009

fossil_femme said:
got pics of the side and/or back? maybe one with a coin or something beside it, for size reference?

im leaning towards vertebrae too. but it does resemble atlantis a bit...

Can't really see much from other angles but heres a few more pics

fossil_femme · Feb 22, 2009

Thanks for posting the extra pics... vertebra is still my best guess. Definitely an interesting find. :thumbsup:

Mosasaurfiend · Feb 22, 2009

Sorry, but will have to disagree. I see nothing that indicates
bone. I think it is an interesting concretion...

fossil_femme · Feb 22, 2009

Mosasaurfiend said:
Sorry, but will have to disagree. I see nothing that indicates
bone. I think it is an interesting concretion...

I don't see any obvious evidence that it is bone either...

The second set of pics seem to rule out my other guess, which was Caninia, a very large solitary horn coral which can reach up to 2 inches in diameter. The fossil in the pics seems too large even for Caninia though.

Muddy Feet, do you know the geological era of the rock where this was found? Caninia is commonly found in rocks from the Pennsylvanian period in Texas, although National Audubon Society fossil field guide restricts it to the Mississipian nationwide... oh well, it's all Carboniferous to me...