I have a collection of what seems to be fossils, but my geology / paleontology knowledge is very insufficient to determine if they are real or not (I studied pharmaceutical nanobiotech, but love fossils). I will appreciate your comments.
Dear colleagues,
(Sorry, but it seems to be a problem because I am unable to enlarge the photographs.) There are many fossils´that look like fossil eggs. However, this can be very misleading. I learnt from the late Dr. K. Hirsch, an authority in fossil eggs that one of he be best method to clarify the issue was to prepare thin sections of the potential egg.
Best wishes.
Hi,following what you see in the photos.. I cannot see remnants of the eggshell so it seems rather any type of rock concretion
Hi Jose,
There are many rocks that look exactly as an egg, but the only way to clarify if they are eggs or not is to study the cover structure and if there is a embryo inside.
Best,
Gloria
Hi
internal casts are usually associated to egg-shell fragments. The views do not seem to feature any. Internal casts look like nodules, and then only a section can reveal the real nature (a colour zonation frequently occurs in a nodule). Reptiles eggs sometimes have a cylindrical body with rounded tips, thus a less ovoid form.
Greetings dear colleagues and friends,
Many thanks for your valuable insights. I am particularly interested to find out in picture labelled: "Animal 10-2".
The internal section looks like an emberyo of somekind. What you think?
These pictures and more are published in the book:
Fossilized Fleshes: Recent Evidences of Old Creatures of Kerman.
ISBN-10: 0-473-11050-4 / 0473110504
ISBN-13: 978-0-473-11050-5 / 9780473110505
If you like I can send you hard copy of parts of the book as you wish because I am out of the actual book (I own the copyright as mentioned on the book). Let me know.
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