|
Post by jasoninsd on Sept 16, 2023 20:22:01 GMT -5
Coming completely out of left field... What if they were some kind of seed pod? A lot of seed pods have a "husk" that would probably withstand the digestive track...like they do with birds nowadays. That would explain the small(ish) round structures... Just a thought...with probably not enough coffee ingested yet this morning...but no seed pods! LOL Jason, that is totally reasonable. However, I notice their structure is tubular like a stem, and they sometimes traverse the entire coprolite. Where's our plant guy? jamesp Final guess: Qantassaurus Quinoa ![(lol)](//storage.proboards.com/1258779/images/hyOivrcWsQyVjSKtYIub.gif)
|
|
jamesp
Cave Dweller
Member since October 2012
Posts: 36,543
|
Post by jamesp on Sept 17, 2023 7:00:39 GMT -5
Coming completely out of left field... What if they were some kind of seed pod? A lot of seed pods have a "husk" that would probably withstand the digestive track...like they do with birds nowadays. That would explain the small(ish) round structures... Just a thought...with probably not enough coffee ingested yet this morning...but no seed pods! LOL Jason, that is totally reasonable. However, I notice their structure is tubular like a stem, and they sometimes traverse the entire coprolite. Where's our plant guy? jamespSome types of wood rots in a star shape from within. Maybe the digestive juices caused ingested stems to 'rot' or digest in the same pattern ? ![](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/end-rotten-log-tropical-forest-39753052.jpg) Could this be a plant stem that has a sort of star shape in it ? ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1692110611/mplcne4c2om1bplerztz.jpg) This one and others seem to have shrinkage gap filed with chalcedony. It makes sense that whatever he ingested would shrink due to digestive juices...guessing you guys have discussed shrinkage before. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1690170740/ohqm6flzd2ejwsnjyyrc.jpg) Or consider a fresh steaming moose turd sitting out in the sun drying out. It is likely it will shrink as it dries out perhaps leaving cracks within. it is likely that the stems he devoured may shrink and leave open cracks within. Check out "Texas shrink wood" for a likely example of organics shrinking and cracks filling: ![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/36/3e/a8/363ea87a7bfc751458a72193b7c510f5.jpg)
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,507
|
Post by RWA3006 on Sept 17, 2023 9:53:33 GMT -5
jamesp thanks for your thoughts. Illuminating, as always.
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Sept 17, 2023 14:48:08 GMT -5
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,507
|
Post by RWA3006 on Sept 17, 2023 22:48:21 GMT -5
Thank you, Rick, for that article. I'm thinking the mystery structures could have come from some kind of horsetail with pith inside the exterior walls. I don't know, but so far this hypothesis looks reasonable.
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,507
|
Post by RWA3006 on Sept 19, 2023 7:10:07 GMT -5
TURD TUESDAY Fresh off the saw this morning. It gives me a boyish satisfaction to cut one open to reveal what has been entombed for around 146 million years. Makes an old man feel young again. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1695125387/nj82polydielpytzxqmo.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1695125396/qqx9eyml1jb6glli1odc.jpg)
|
|
|
Post by 1dave on Sept 19, 2023 11:08:00 GMT -5
An H for Happy Day!
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,507
|
Post by RWA3006 on Sept 23, 2023 15:17:04 GMT -5
Dark and then light. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1695500218/v2szk3fogwqnfjggsco0.jpg)
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,507
|
Post by RWA3006 on Sept 23, 2023 15:17:43 GMT -5
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,507
|
Post by RWA3006 on Sept 23, 2023 15:18:03 GMT -5
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,507
|
Post by RWA3006 on Sept 23, 2023 15:18:28 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Sept 23, 2023 15:55:12 GMT -5
Turd Tuesday - Saturday Edition. WTG Randy
|
|
dillonf
fully equipped rock polisher
![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_green.png) ![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_green.png)
Hounding and tumbling
Member since February 2022
Posts: 1,622
|
Post by dillonf on Sept 23, 2023 18:02:34 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by jasoninsd on Sept 24, 2023 10:01:46 GMT -5
My brain seems to be wired (wrong some would say! LOL) for seeing spots for cabochons when I see a slab or cut rock. This one looks to me like it would produce a bunch of fantastic cabs!! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1695500253/jkvhma2bhpcsr3b0f9us.jpg)
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,507
|
Post by RWA3006 on Sept 24, 2023 13:07:00 GMT -5
My brain seems to be wired (wrong some would say! LOL) for seeing spots for cabochons when I see a slab or cut rock. This one looks to me like it would produce a bunch of fantastic cabs!! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1695500253/jkvhma2bhpcsr3b0f9us.jpg) I noticed that also. The black in this one is a more rare color so I'm leaning towards keeping it this way as a specimen.
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,507
|
Post by RWA3006 on Sept 26, 2023 7:10:40 GMT -5
TURD TUESDAY ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1695730231/bf3neunfludyakzqfv6f.jpg)
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,507
|
Post by RWA3006 on Sept 26, 2023 7:11:08 GMT -5
|
|
RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,507
|
Post by RWA3006 on Sept 26, 2023 7:11:36 GMT -5
|
|
agatewhisperer
freely admits to licking rocks
![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_pink.png) ![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_pink.png)
Member since May 2020
Posts: 787
|
Post by agatewhisperer on Sept 27, 2023 22:54:26 GMT -5
What a great find on that one!
|
|
|
Post by Pat on Sept 27, 2023 23:02:42 GMT -5
Is it possible to identify the critter who laid the turd? Are there obvious indicators? Thanks.
|
|