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Hello all, Im stumped on this little bone. Originally I thought it was part of giant tortoise because of the similarities in internal consistency between it and the various osteoderms I have. still not ready to abandon that idea. Then I started looking at it like a carpal or tarsal bone but I can’t find a good match there either. Spent a long while In everything from deer to bison. Sesamoids too. Seemed like a nice groove for some soft tissue to pass over on the arched side of the bone (bottom left panel of first photo) Now I have myself pretty frustrated. I know enough to know it’s something that was important. Too many articulation locations. Just can’t tell what. Any leads for research appreciated or ID appreciated. Thanks! Jp Here are images of the mystery. It’s about 25mmx20mm depending how you measure it but it would fit snugly into a box of those dimensions. second panel are some additional images with it next to a couple tortoise osteoderms examples. One small and one larger. (It’s the middle size of the three)
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These are from multiple trips between 2022-2023. all from Calvert cliffs, each trip has something unique I would like assistance in identifying so for convenience's sake, I will refer to the items in alphabetical order relative to the numerical trip order. 1A 2B etc. Trip 1 1A pretty sure it is a crocodile tooth, Thecachampsa sp? 1B this is a bone that i found on the beach, im not sure if it's a cetacean atlas or skull fragment. but it's got this weird hole in it on one side. 1C clearly a cetacean vert. probably a juvie dolphin. i think so bc it doesn't have any fused epiphysis. id like to know what part of the spine this would have been on the animal. 1D maybe the wing of a vert? 1E is this anything? or just concretion 1F biggest fossil I've found yet by far! this massive chunk of whale jawbone. I am going to make a separate post in fossil prep to see about the best ways to clean it. 1G maybe a rib? i believe its a bone of some sort. i need to paleobond this one back together. Trip 2 2A definetely a tooth of some sort. not sure if its a croc or a cetacean since the enamel is worn 2B maybe a rib? or vert wing? 2C I think this might be a turtle shell, because its texture is not pronounced enough to be a cookie fragment. 2D maybe a skate osteoderm? 2E 2F 2G Sand tiger shark 2H crab claw with some sort of borehole? any other comments or ideas are as always, appreciated!
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Is this a bone, and if so what kind of bone is it and maybe what kind if animal could it have came from? For context it was given to my grandfather by his brother in Arkansas a long time ago. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Hi there! I'm hoping you can help me narrow down what animal this skull might be. Most likely from the California area. Thanks in advance!
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