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Hello everybody, I have been interested in fossils since I was around 10 years old and am 46 now and now my 8 year old son is also showing an interest in fossils which I am really happy about. I had found the fossil I am attaching photos of around 30 years ago in the South of Malta (Birzebbuga, Malta) in an archaeological site. The fossil itself (bones) measures around 20cm (8 inches) long x around 8cm (3 inches) wide. I showed it to my son and he was being very imaginative as to what it could be of :-) so I would really like to be able to give him a good indication as to what it could be of. Thank you all so much in advance for your help in IDing this fossil.

Can anybody ID the sex and the age ?

An exploding meteor may have wiped out ancient Dead Sea communities. Archaeologists at a site in what's now Jordan have found evidence of a cosmic calamity by Bruce Bowe, Science News, November 20, 2018 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/exploding-meteor-may-have-wiped-out-ancient-dead-sea-communities? P.J. Silvia et al. The 3.7ka BP Middle Ghor event: catastrophic termination of a Bronze Age civilization. American Schools of Oriental Research annual meeting, Denver, November 17, 2018. http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-Abstract-Book_updated_10-15-18.pdf The Civilization-Ending 3.7KYrBP Event: Archaeological Data, Sample Analyses, and Biblical Implications Conference Paper, November 2015 Conference: Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS) Annual Meeting, At Atlanta, GA. PDF file at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286450259_The_Civilization-Ending_37KYrBP_Event_Archaeological_Data_Sample_Analyses_and_Biblical_Implications Yours, Paul H.