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Hi all, Hope everyone is well and staying safe. I found this during a recent dive trip to the Cooper River (South Carolina). I originally assumed it must be a Steinkern of a weird bivalve. However after cleaning the gravel out of the nooks and crannies, I was surprised to see what appears to be shark centrums in line with each other, embedded in the piece. Parallel and adjacent to the alleged centrums is a hollow void, or canal. I've read that shark brains very greatly in shape and layout from species to species, and that commonly the lobes are laid
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Thanks to you guys, I think I recognize an endocast/steinkern when I see one. But if I'm right and this is one, I can't for the life of me figure out what would have made this kind of impression. Does this form look familiar to anyone? At first I thought it looked a lot like the rim of a queen helmet shell, but there isn't an opening there to fill with anything that would form a fossil. Found on Myrtle Beach. Thanks! --Paula
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Taking a guess at this one. Is it an endocast/steinkern of some kind of shell? Found at Myrtle Beach. Thanks! - Paula
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2011_ZelenitskyRSL+aves{cladisticstheropod_olfaction.pdf Read this one. I found it informative*,and the methodology is sound. The proxy for the "sense of smell" is clearly explained Now I'm interested in the precise way smell is used by predators in general.. *in particular the short remark about sphenethmoid preservation
