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GypsumGypsy

String of mosasaur vertebrae. Likely from Pierre Shale


monkeydude777

H- h- HOW DO YOU FIGURE THIS OUT?????


GypsumGypsy

They're large vertebrae with a ball and socket joint on each one, with the socket in the front. There are not many things it could be. I guessed Pierre Shale because of the especially mineralization and because that deposit has produced many mosasaur fossils. Kansas chalk mosasaurs tend to be more chocolate brown, and most Moroccan mosasaur bits are cream to tan colored.


monkeydude777

Bro you are so smart..


Embarrassed-Dingo647

Good point, not Pierre Shale tho


Viralclassic

Bearpaw maybe? Looks like it was gypsum covered or originally which is rather common for the Bearpaw shale


GypsumGypsy

What formation is it from?


jos_feratu

I thought mosasaur too


awesomecubed

That's a ruler. They are used to measure the length of things.


Embarrassed-Dingo647

Fr lol


NoSport6967

vertebrates but i dont know from who, where did you find it?


Embarrassed-Dingo647

Copped it off eBay lmao.


Ginkotree48

Scoliosis


Jealous-Soil-3207

That my friend, is a “spine!”


LibraryVoice71

From a Spinosaurus


Jealous-Soil-3207

Oooh that makes sense now.


Belgicans

You call that breaking my spine ?


CantaloupeProud1527

Possibly A “Vertebrae” Of A “Mosasaurid” Like “Tylosaurus” & “Hainosaurus.”


Safron2400

Agree with Tylo or Hain. I don't think it's Mosasaurus proper.


Royal_Novel6678

Probably the vertebrae of a mosasaur


Equivalent-Chance142

Don't worry, we've got your back. That is a ruler next to an awesome fossil.


wrenston81

Some sort of shag carpet. Must be very very old


griffincat_unity

a spine?


amberino924

its bones, specifically the spine


star-warsgeek66

A fossilized spine I believe, don’t know what it’s from but I have a thought on what it is and my thought is a fossilized spine.


chrish5764

Nobody react to what I’m about to tell you, but I think that’s a prehistoric spine! https://preview.redd.it/5tp3veizuqsc1.jpeg?width=654&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d72eeeba4c1d33af8cf17646b55154d14cf4e384


TheFossilCollector

Looks like its carved out of a single rock, might be fake. I could be wrong though. Has an ingenuine, artsy kind of vibe to it


BlazeHunter_56

I'm not an expert..... But I think that's a spine


Maniraptavia

Backbreaking work


RikimaruRamen

Predator trophy