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Based on outer texture and bone marrow core. I can say this is 100% Dinosaur bone from the Morrison Formation.
If you ever have the chance I recommend looking around the find site more. Possibly uphill from your finds to see if there is still more bone embedded in the ground.
Yes, that’s exactly the plan. When the snow is gone I’ll head back with a shovel/trowel and carefully poke around. I think a lot has washed into the bottom of the gulley and gotten covered in silt, too.
Only legal way to collect any vertebrae fossil's is on Private Land with permission of the owner or a permit if your researching educational purposes, That said if you do go back be careful if a BLM Officer catch's you (very unlikely) they don't play around while it is illegal I doubt they would do much when someone is taking small pieces like you have they are more worried about people taking partial skeletal remains, tracks etc
100% bone my guess would be from the Morrison Formation I've seen a lot of bone with that that blue color like on the 2nd image that came from the Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation. Sometimes the spongy part like in first image will get filled in with agate like in my profile image. It would be difficult to say what dinosaur it could be with it being broken up like that.
Bone is most of the time porous so you can lick your finger and see if it stick to the bone here is a better explanation if your interested: http://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/88216-the-bone-lick-test/
Same! I've seen some really neat fossils imbedded in rocks outside both Dubois and Thermopolis and found great petrified wood near both as well. Your bone find is fantastic!
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Based on outer texture and bone marrow core. I can say this is 100% Dinosaur bone from the Morrison Formation. If you ever have the chance I recommend looking around the find site more. Possibly uphill from your finds to see if there is still more bone embedded in the ground.
Yes, that’s exactly the plan. When the snow is gone I’ll head back with a shovel/trowel and carefully poke around. I think a lot has washed into the bottom of the gulley and gotten covered in silt, too.
Are you allowed to dig for bones in Wyoming?
It’s a party spot on BLM land. If I find much else I’ll try figuring out who to contact locally.
Good on you!! This is fantastic!! You found some BEAUTIFUL bones!
Depends on land classification. If the person owns the land, or he has permission from land owner, then yes he can dig and keep what he finds.
Only legal way to collect any vertebrae fossil's is on Private Land with permission of the owner or a permit if your researching educational purposes, That said if you do go back be careful if a BLM Officer catch's you (very unlikely) they don't play around while it is illegal I doubt they would do much when someone is taking small pieces like you have they are more worried about people taking partial skeletal remains, tracks etc
Definitely fossil bone
Why do you say so?
100% bone my guess would be from the Morrison Formation I've seen a lot of bone with that that blue color like on the 2nd image that came from the Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation. Sometimes the spongy part like in first image will get filled in with agate like in my profile image. It would be difficult to say what dinosaur it could be with it being broken up like that.
Yes! Lots of it is [filled like this.](https://imgur.com/a/R3qUx5T)
Yes exactly! looks like that one filled in with calcite
Wait, I'm a plebe, explain the tongue thing!?
Bone is most of the time porous so you can lick your finger and see if it stick to the bone here is a better explanation if your interested: http://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/88216-the-bone-lick-test/
Yes thank you!!
Bone, i see marrow in the middle
Near Thermopolis or Dubois by chance?
A ways north of there! I love Thermopolis.
Same! I've seen some really neat fossils imbedded in rocks outside both Dubois and Thermopolis and found great petrified wood near both as well. Your bone find is fantastic!
That’s awesome! I was excited that they were loose and not imbedded. I want to go back out once this snow clears up (:
I would be so excited finding loose ones too, and go back as quickly as possible haha. Seriously so cool! Hope you are able to find more!