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Post by fernwood on Jan 31, 2022 6:19:27 GMT -5
Had this posted here before, but new developments. Everyone said it was jasper and not dino bone. It was given to me. Gifter said it was made from dinosaur bone he found in SW Wisconsin, USA. He went on a trip there with a local rock club. In the past, there were never any dinosaurs attributed to Wisconsin. Recent research indicates there may have been. A certain type of quartzite (Hixton), previously found only in Wisconsin, turned up in Wyoming. Tentative research indicates that these rocks could have been ingested by sauropods as roughage to help them digest foods. Many species of dinosaurs ingested rocks to help with digestion. These dinos traveled to Wyoming from Wisconsin. The Wisconsin rocks were found during a dinosaur excavation being done by archeologists. I used a DSLR with a macro lens to take some photos. Some of the patterns are identical to a confirmed piece of dinosaur bone slab I have that was found in Canada. What do you think? Sorry for the polish debris. I had nothing to do with that. Thanks.
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Post by fernwood on Jan 31, 2022 6:27:37 GMT -5
Here is part of the dino bone slab I have for comparison.
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Post by Peruano on Jan 31, 2022 7:24:05 GMT -5
Not likely, not impossible. Its a bit like identifying birds on the wing. Its hard to prove the id as erroneous when the "bird" is not in hand. In this case it might take cutting the end off of your specimen and I'd wager you are not going to do that. BTW many of the stones folks like to claim came from reptile stomachs are probably just smooth stones. Again like that bird on the wing. Not impossible, not verifiable.
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Post by fernwood on Jan 31, 2022 7:57:35 GMT -5
Not likely, not impossible. Its a bit like identifying birds on the wing. Its hard to prove the id as erroneous when the "bird" is not in hand. In this case it might take cutting the end off of your specimen and I'd wager you are not going to do that. BTW many of the stones folks like to claim came from reptile stomachs are probably just smooth stones. Again like that bird on the wing. Not impossible, not verifiable. I agree. When living at my childhood home in NW Wisconsin, I had a nesting pair of some endangered birds. They were not know to nest in Wisconsin. They were known to nest along the shores of lakes/rivers, further South. This pair nested in the pine grove near my house. It was about 600’ from the lake. The only close by water sources were the pond next to the deck and a large swamp with standing water 500’ away. I watched these birds and tried to ID them. Photos did no good. After two years we had an ID. My fiancé had also been watching them. He did some online research, as well. I submitted my sighting, but it was dismissed, as the only photos I had were of the fledglings. This pair of birds nested near my house from 2005 until at least 2019, when I sold the house/land. Doubt they are still around, as the purchaser cut down the pine grove where they nested. Well, maybe not the same pair of birds but their fledglings. These birds became very tame with me. I could sit on the deck and watch them. I placed a fountain on the deck and put lake weeds and minnows in it, as that was their preferred diet. They would come to the fountain, located about 6’ from where I was sitting. I submitted more photos, but they were also dismissed, as this type of bird was not located in Northern WI. I loved sitting on the deck, with camera on tri-pod taking photos of them. So, sometimes things that are not supposed to be in a specific area are there.
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