is this a fossil?? what kind of rock is this - from a creekbed

[nufces09]

can someone ID what kind of rock this is?? - I found several of them in a creekbed

[aquajoe07011]

Maybe a petrified bone?

[nufces09]

here are as many photos as it will let me load

[gkyn29 · Accepted solution]

l would email the paleontology department of your local college or university. They can determine if it indeed is a fossil or something man made.

If I had to guess, it looks like the hip ball of a dinosaur with part of the leg still attached.

[nufces09]

this was my next course of action - have not called the local univ because I think they are on summer break - THANKS

[tryno2]

Could be part of Jimmy Hoffa

[centexcompsvcs]

It definitely appears to be the  femoral head (ball) of a hip joint of an animal.  You say you found this in a muddy creekbed?   Where exactly is the creek located? 

  Universities do not really go on "summer break" per se.  I would go ahead  and contact an Anthropology department, who may be able to direct you to a  Paleoanthropologist ( bone/fossil specialist) .

Some of the best Anthropolgy Departments  are :

University Of Michigan Ann Arbor

Columbia University, New York

University of Illinois, Chicago Circle

Washington University, St Louis,

 Good Luck.