Dinosaur egg in Paterson, NJ

This is part two to the first video I posted of what appears to be a prehistoric egg that my friend found in Paterson, NJ.

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News & Politics

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• dinosaur
• egg
• prehistoric
• Paterson
• Nutley
• Liloia
• fossil
• geology

[oceanexploration]

I am a geologist/geophysicist in NJ. Depending on where in Paterson makes a difference. My guess is it's a piece of weathered basalt from the Orange Mtn.Basalt formation which runs through Paterson. However, the Feltville Fm. and Passaic Fm. also pass through Paterson which are Late-Jurassic age sedimentary rocks.. regardless, it appears to be basalt

[airliloo]

Thanks so much for your feedback! We never really thought it was an egg but it was still pretty funny to see how many people said it was fossilzed crap!

[ustunluk]

wow vtecboysciontc... paterson is not dat ugly... paterson nj is very beautifull open ur eyes...

[thepunk1]

how the heck could that be a dinasaur egg???!!

[irishbreakfast]

aybe its a bird or snake or turtle egg?or one of those tree-dwelling/climbing/gliding hunting small dinos.bring it to a veternarian and have it x-rayed.not all eggs are fertile and hatch.and we dont know 90per cent of what used to roam the earth.get a good magnifier.does the grain go in the same direction?are there pores?see any bone fragments??LOOK CLOSE.got microscope?srcape some grains of 'shell' and 'yolk'. are the textures different?

[joiles01]

Looks like basalt to me.

[ohiofossil]

Its either a chunk of basalt or possibly a strange form of concretion. It is not a fossil dinosaur egg. Fossil dinosaur bones are found NJ rarely. I'm an amateur paleontologist and I know enough to be sure that is not a fossil egg.

[ChrisTheHobbyGuy]

Fantastic video.check out mine

[csm559]

lol.. how in the world did you ever think that was a Dino egg..lol.. maybe a dino turd..lol hahaha, you should take it to a museum and sell it for a cup of ice..lol

[sharktoothking10]

did u find that?

[pyrioni]

Rock, my parents have many

[twinkstance]

@pumaboy75 not if the egg is already broken alowing to fossilize the inside ;) u'd be a famous man if u found an intact egg with a dinosaur still inside. since that would be a holy grail. skin paterns or even the slightest color.

[Drybones2k7]

i live in patty

[pumaboy75]

dude thats no fossil egg.

you cant just find solid fossil eggs. most of them are highly fragile you got to coat them with a special polymer plastic before you can even extract the fossil!

Just saying...i get pretty pissed when people dont know...lolol