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  1. I collected this piece myself from the surface during a short stroll down the hill from the roadside stop where I had earlier purchased several interesting fossils from the local kids; they were apparently very used to having tourists stop at their hut alongside the main road from Mahajanga to Antananarivo. This appears to be a nearly-toothless mandible, but it has features that just don't match the standard shape of mammalian or reptilian mandibles. Yesterday, I showed the piece to an expert paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in my hometown, Basel, Switzerland. He performed his PhD work on evolutionary history of ruminants, and he pointed out that my "mandible" lacks 1) obvious dentition; and 2) the thinning of the dorsal aspect of the mandible that is necessary for attachment of the masseter muscle. He did not know what to make of it. I've spent quite some time today comparing mandibles from a variety of ruminants, and I find nothing similar to this fossil. Can anyone here place it? Can you explain why there appears to be only one, or possible two tooth holes along the mandible? Thank you for any pointers you may have. Mike
  2. Chippewa

    Whale bone fragment?

    Hello friends, Found this on the beach this morning. I often find whale bone fragments on this beach, but this one is much more interesting than most. There is obviously a large portion that is broken/worn off along the entire bottom edge, but there are some fairly distinctive details that make me really curious about this one. Especially the large concave surface on one side and a small vertebrae-like surface on the opposite side. Any help/hints are appreciated.
  3. Hi Everyone- I'm a newbie to the forum, but a long time shark tooth hunter and general enthusiast of all things rocks, gems, fossils, and geology. Thanks so much for taking the time to help me out! I've been collecting sharks teeth for a few months from Juno Beach, Florida (~25 miles north of West Palm Beach). Usually on the surface of the sand, or, occasionally, sifting through the shell beds right at the breakers, max waist deep. I have found quite a few of these items in the first two rows, and I cannot source them online with google searches of any type. I've only tried image searching a bit, but the results were pretty crazy. What are these things? As you can see, we have left and right versions here, and some are more complete with some interesting finer features still attached. They are rock hard and feel like solid stone, cool to the touch. Most all of them are the amber/orange/brown colors, but some are darker green/brown. I would love to learn more about these! Additionally, I've put four items in the third row that are clearly different to the many items of interest, but also represent the same feel of material in a different shape. Any ideas? Here are five pics below: (this is all shot on millimeter paper, and I noted a 1 inch line, a 1 cm line, and a 1mm^2 square. 1 - top down image row 1 most complete samples of main interest row 2 - less complete samples of main interest row 3 - the second inquiry of various sizes 2 - top down image, but tilted from bottom 3 - top down image, but tilted from top 4 - top down image, all specimens turned over on opposite side relative to first three images 5 - top down image, all specimens turned over on opposite side relative to first three images, but tilted from bottom
  4. A nice, little piece I found on my lunch break today. Found in Dona Ana county, New Mexico.
  5. Leisel

    Iowa Surface Find

    This piece was found while surface hunting in a field near Boone, Iowa, USA, It measures approx. 6x3x2 cm
  6. StackB

    Fossil Bone?

    Hi All, I'm wondering if you could help me identify this item? I think it's a fossil bone, but I just don't know. I found it lying on the surface where I was camped for the night by the Kem Kem beds. The reason we were camped was to visit the Spinosaurus dig site that was featured in the National Geographic Documentary, Bigger than T. Rex. I can provide the long and lat, for the exact location. The surface it was on was rock strewn, so it was a chance find amidst many rocks. About 8-10 metres from a dry stream edge, not an obvious exposure or deposit from running water. The item had no part of it buried. A link to the full resolution version of images is here, I'll leave the link active for 6 months. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AutS1HGsNzVXi-8IRNetXsI3rwZA4Q?e=C3cqMg My feeling is that if it is a bone, that it may be spinal, with the hole through it as a major conduit for a nerve, or possibly a blood vessel. But really I have no idea, and that's why I'm posting to gain your expertise! Many thanks for your time. Phil
  7. Hi all, I found this sea shell by a Malaysia beach. It was unusual in that of the thousands and thousands of "fresh-looking" shells around, this one looked incredibly old and felt more rock like than shell like. A museum staff examined this and concluded it is a Murex shell that's at best Pleistocene-aged but he admitted he isn't a specialist in sea shells. I asked the FB group, Fossil Seashells and got the following answers: 1) Chicoreus brunneus - Max 15 years - Fossils are found deep in sediments or on land in sediments, definitely NOT Fossil 2) Some scientists use the term "subfossil" for holocene specimens of species that still exist today 3) Old shell , probably a neonate in the 60's, dead in the early 80's, been rolling around/ used as a home base for a lot of marine life since then May I have your thoughts on this?
  8. A friend of mine spotted this on the beach at Belmar, NJ yesterday February 2nd. This is kind of an unusual locale, adjacent to the jetty at Shark River Inlet where the Shark River meets the Atlantic. In the past my buddy and I have found small beachworn fossil shark teeth at this spot, so we thought for old time's sake we'd take a quick look again. We didn't find any teeth (there's much less fine gravel there now than in the past) but he did find this, which is way bigger than anything we've found here before. I have some guesses but I would like other eyes on this too in case I'm missing something obvious. Thanks in advance
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