RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 21, 2022 14:44:48 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 21, 2022 14:47:07 GMT -5
Now with pellets in mind, contrast these hadrosaur specimens with the sample that a mule deer buck left on my lawn a few hours ago.
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Post by Son Of Beach on Oct 21, 2022 14:49:07 GMT -5
Shit got real
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Post by RickB on Oct 21, 2022 15:05:42 GMT -5
Looks to me like the mule deer's very distant ancestor could have been a Hadrosaur. They frequent the same area and poop alike in the same litter box.
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 23, 2022 8:43:20 GMT -5
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Post by 1dave on Oct 23, 2022 9:10:15 GMT -5
Hey good lookin' What cha been twiggin?
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Post by RickB on Oct 23, 2022 10:01:06 GMT -5
Randy's branching out
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 23, 2022 18:08:18 GMT -5
Lately I've been perplexed about some coprolite specimens because I'm trying to figure out if some of them have fossilized fungi on/in them. It's common to see animal dung with fungi growing on it. Here's one where the surface could be a layer of fungi and I don't know what to think about it. www.newsweek.com/fossilized-fungi-worlds-oldest-land-fossil-432797
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Post by RickB on Oct 23, 2022 20:17:52 GMT -5
Randy I did a google image search for images that look like the coprolite. It showed me several varieties of lichens, broccoli and cauliflower. It really looks a lot like that lichen to me. Maybe that lichen is a second fossilized formation? Coprolite fossilized first then the lichen grew over some that were covered at a later time and then fossilized. Edit: when I searched for photos of fossil lichen I found nothing that looked like the coprolite photo you posted
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 23, 2022 22:21:59 GMT -5
It's almost a dead ringer for that lichen photo you posted, RickB. Very interesting.
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 23, 2022 22:57:13 GMT -5
Randy I did a google image search for images that look like the coprolite. It showed me several varieties of lichens, broccoli and cauliflower. It really looks a lot like that lichen to me. Maybe that lichen is a second fossilized formation? Coprolite fossilized first then the lichen grew over some that were covered at a later time and then fossilized. Edit: when I searched for photos of fossil lichen I found nothing that looked like the coprolite photo you posted Thanks Rick, there are some compelling similarities in those photos and I feel that something is going on in many of my specimens that need identification. I'm becoming more convinced there is some kind of lichen, fungi, or something more than just poo on some of these.
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Post by RickB on Oct 24, 2022 6:31:19 GMT -5
Whatever it turns out to be, I'm lichen all the photos of the hadrosaur poo you post.
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 24, 2022 22:50:33 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 25, 2022 6:55:15 GMT -5
TURD TUESDAY
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 25, 2022 7:12:23 GMT -5
As soon as I saw that one I thought - that had to hurt coming out. Is that a big gastrolith?
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 25, 2022 7:18:35 GMT -5
As soon as I saw that one I thought - that had to hurt coming out. Is that a big gastrolith? My best guess is it's a cross section of a tree limb and for some reason the core of the limb was fossilized differently than the perimeter. When I used to spend a lot of time in the forest as a professional logger I noticed that occasionally small tree limbs were rotten in the center and I speculate this is what we are looking at within this coprolite specimen.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 25, 2022 10:22:34 GMT -5
As soon as I saw that one I thought - that had to hurt coming out. Is that a big gastrolith? I thought - OUCH!
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 27, 2022 7:03:47 GMT -5
Here's one that will go to a rock shop for the tourists.
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 29, 2022 10:39:15 GMT -5
People often have difficulty understanding why I say the dinosaurs of southern Utah lived on beachfront property. This map approximates how the place looked back in the day. It brings perspective to how a giant tsunami roared northward when a space rock the size of Mount Everest hit the Yucatan peninsula.
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Post by 1dave on Oct 29, 2022 13:17:34 GMT -5
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