RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 5, 2020 23:16:43 GMT -5
In my opinion this is a spectacular specimen. It has a large gastrolith in it and this particular stone is a petrified wood cobble. This specimen belongs to my pal Denny and we positively identified it as pet wood with a microscope. The area this coprolite was found in is very rich in pet wood that's concurrent with the dinosaur time and tends to be distinctive. What's so interesting is this gastrolith, besides being rounded, is unlike the pet wood we find in the area. We speculate the gastrolith might have been carried by it's host from a distant deposit of different pet wood. Another probable scenario is the origin time frame of the pet wood predated the dinosaur who ingested it. It occurs to me that more time might have passed between the life of the wood and the dino than between the dino and us. Quien sabe? Stop that! When reading one of your recent posts on gastroliths, I started thinking, “wouldn’t a petrified wood gastrointestinal be cool?” Now you’ve gone and posted it. It’ll be hard to surpass the cool factor of this specimen. If only those turds could talk.
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 5, 2020 23:32:23 GMT -5
Stop that! When reading one of your recent posts on gastroliths, I started thinking, “wouldn’t a petrified wood gastrointestinal be cool?” Now you’ve gone and posted it. It’ll be hard to surpass the cool factor of this specimen. If only those turds could talk. I think those would have to come from a Flatulasaurus...
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Post by stephan on Nov 5, 2020 23:33:38 GMT -5
If only those turds could talk. I think those would have to come from a Flatulasaurus... Could be a dorkasaurus.
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Post by 1dave on Nov 6, 2020 1:24:30 GMT -5
We have also occasionally exposed bits of coral and crustacean shell when we've cut these open. I think these critters were gulping beach gravel and who knows if that gravel was already ancient or concurrent with them? The vastness of the time spans can boggle the imagination because we often don't realize the arrival of these hadrosaurs is somewhat recent compared to the origin of the woody plants. You say recent...when referring to something occurring 70 million years ago...that makes me shake my head...as in skaking the marbles around up there! I know in the timeframe of the existence of our universe 70m is "recent"...but just the thought of all that time borders on incomprehensible...when I think of it in terms of time, and not just a number. If that makes any sense... Imagine being a beam of light traveling the universe at 186,282 miles per second (299,792 kilometers per second), 500 seconds to reach the sun, 54 million years to reach the Virgo Cluster, 690 million years to reach the "great great attractor."
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 6, 2020 8:20:43 GMT -5
You say recent...when referring to something occurring 70 million years ago...that makes me shake my head...as in skaking the marbles around up there! I know in the timeframe of the existence of our universe 70m is "recent"...but just the thought of all that time borders on incomprehensible...when I think of it in terms of time, and not just a number. If that makes any sense... Imagine being a beam of light traveling the universe at 186,282 miles per second (299,792 kilometers per second), 500 seconds to reach the sun, 54 million years to reach the Virgo Cluster, 690 million years to reach the "great great attractor." Thanks for making my head swim this early in the morning! Most people (myself included) get so wrapped up in our own microcosm, we really do forget (or more to the point couldn't care less about) the sheer vastness of the macrocosm. I care, but have a tendency to believe my microcosm "is" the macrocosm...so I have to have this as my phone's wallpaper in order to remind me: In order to keep this on track with the thread (this is really pushing it!)...imagine how many bathroom breaks light would have to take on the 690 million year trek to reach the "great great attractor?" (Best attempt at avoiding a total derailment!)
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Post by stephan on Nov 6, 2020 9:00:52 GMT -5
The iron and Any other metals that color these specimens originally came from a supernova “out there” in the macrocosm.
There. Back on track. 😁
* Auto-correct errors manually corrected. DYAC.
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 6, 2020 9:47:24 GMT -5
I like the little derails. My hope is to provoke appreciation, amazement and enjoyment in the thread. It's always great to bring perspective and tie it all in with the overall picture.
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 6, 2020 23:38:38 GMT -5
Today the closest thing I experienced to gazing backward into the depths of eternity was holding this coprolite and trying to imagine what it has passed through the last 140 million years. How cool would it be to have a compressed vision of how the landscape changed all around this little dumpling since it was birthed.
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 7, 2020 0:30:46 GMT -5
Today the closest thing I experienced to gazing backward into the depths of eternity was holding this coprolite and trying to imagine what it has passed through the last 140 million years. How cool would it be to have a compressed vision of how the landscape changed all around this little dumpling since it was birthed. Every time I find a Fairburn, I wonder what all had to have occurred for me to find it...and what occurred geologically speaking during the time of it's creation to present...glad I'm not the only one to ponder these things! With regards to your query about a compressed vision of how the landscape changed, this scene from the movie The Time Machine immediately came to mind:
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Post by 1dave on Nov 7, 2020 6:43:17 GMT -5
Today the closest thing I experienced to gazing backward into the depths of eternity was holding this coprolite and trying to imagine what it has passed through the last 140 million years. How cool would it be to have a compressed vision of how the landscape changed all around this little dumpling since it was birthed. Every time I find a Fairburn, I wonder what all had to have occurred for me to find it...and what occurred geologically speaking during the time of it's creation to present...glad I'm not the only one to ponder these things! With regards to your query about a compressed vision of how the landscape changed, this scene from the movie The Time Machine immediately came to mind: ok.ru/video/325855415032
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 8, 2020 22:59:12 GMT -5
This specimen belongs to a friend. It was framed in a freeform wood carving. Can you see why they put a flower bouquet in the middle?
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Post by rockpickerforever on Nov 8, 2020 23:20:44 GMT -5
This specimen belongs to a friend. It was framed in a freeform wood carving. Can you see why they put a flower bouquet in the middle? Oh yeah, hummingbirds. That is so cool. I like the carved wood frame, too. Thanks for sharing this.
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 8, 2020 23:24:25 GMT -5
This specimen belongs to a friend. It was framed in a freeform wood carving. Can you see why they put a flower bouquet in the middle? Oh my gosh! This is one of those "off the charts" specimens! Amazing framing and what a capture in the stone! Thanks for posting this one!!!
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Post by stephan on Nov 9, 2020 0:40:29 GMT -5
This specimen belongs to a friend. It was framed in a freeform wood carving. Can you see why they put a flower bouquet in the middle? Damn! What a great example of pareidolia, and a magnificent specimen.
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Post by 1dave on Nov 9, 2020 6:47:50 GMT -5
This specimen belongs to a friend. It was framed in a freeform wood carving. Can you see why they put a flower bouquet in the middle? Damn! What a great example of pareidolia, and a magnificent specimen. The only thing wrong with it is . . . It isn't MINE!
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 9, 2020 9:20:07 GMT -5
This specimen belongs to a friend. It was framed in a freeform wood carving. Can you see why they put a flower bouquet in the middle? Damn! What a great example of pareidolia, and a magnificent specimen. I had to look that one up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 10, 2020 7:36:58 GMT -5
TURD TUESDAY
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Post by RickB on Nov 10, 2020 8:18:47 GMT -5
Star anus
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Post by EricD on Nov 10, 2020 8:23:30 GMT -5
The dino shat out a mercedes emblem haha
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Post by RickB on Nov 10, 2020 9:05:42 GMT -5
I agree with Eric. Looks like you have a crappy hood ornament for your car RWA3006
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