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This piece of bone was found in a pile of fill dirt at a construction site near the Peace River in Florida. Can anyone identify the mammal and what part of the body this bone is from. Thanks.
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Found this beauty this morning on the Palos Verdes Peninsula beach in Southern California. Is this vertebrae? And if so, what animal? Specimen is probably five-six inches long, well worn, and marrow has been replaced by something else- tar, perhaps? One end is rounded, while the other appears sort of tripod shaped. Thanks for any input! Melanie
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Greeting once more, these I found on the southern coast of North Carolina. It appears to be bone, probable whale rib, dugong or other type of prehistoric marine or land mammal? Thank you.
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Can anyone help me identify this bone fragment ? It’s from Sherman, TX at Post Oak Creek. It’s drying right now from being in the stream. Is it fossilized ? Modern ? Bison ? Cow?
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We went beachcombing at McFaddin Beach near Sabine Pass, Texas yesterday and found some interesting bones as well as a mammal tooth yesterday. I am aware that most of these are likely not fossils but I was still wondering if someone can still tell me what they are.
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I found this bone tonight in the Dallas creek, just above the limestone layer (Pleistocene). I can't seem to match with any other mammal bones. Can somebody ID this? Sorry about the rubber band. Bone was broken in half when I dug it out.
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Good morning all, I have found a number of fossil bones over the years that look remarkably similar, yet I have no idea what the are. The most common physical attribute is a wedge shape with an almost triangle shaped indentation on one side. The fossils in the photos were found in the Cooper River in SC, which has fossils from many eras. I have found very similar bones 30 miles offshore in North Carolina in 110' of water, which leads me to think whale? I will be the first to acknowledge that they are of varying size (from 6" to over 12") and could be from completely different types of animals. I understand positive ID is likely difficult. I'm just eager to hear your thoughts. Thanks in advance!!
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Here is another bone from the North Sulfur River that is Pleistocene in age. I found it Saturday. I am not sure what it is or what it is from. It is slender and flat towards the bottom and roundish on joint end, but still a little flattened. My wild guess would be ulna, but it is just a guess. I’d like to know what it is from. Long edge side 1 Long edge side 2 The joint end side 1 pic 3 Joint end side 2 pic 4 Pic 5 looking straight down on joint end Pic 6 This is the other end of the bone.
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Double pulley's right? What else could it be? Keep looking, I have a nice collection of astragalus bones from several species, none are ever close to this one. The size is the same as a horse. If it is all eroded away, I am sorry to bother you with it. It fools me into thinking it is in good shape, but there are almost no other articulations beside the pulleys. It looks to be scooped out with an ice cream scoop, then refinished! LOL ... Thanks for your opinion. The above image is the side opposite the "pulleys"
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I spent the holidays down in Florida so I was able to get in a few days on the Peace River for some good fossil hunting. I posted the trip finds in a separate post. Here are some things I need some help on. Thanks so much! #1 #2 #3 long piece... antler tine? bone? #4 vert of what?? #5 bottom whale tooth? sperm whale?? #6 Thanks for help!
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Found some great stuff yesterday. Not sure what the long bones are from. I appreciate the help in advance. Thanks!
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A Cromer forest bed UK mammal bone find I believe to be Equine. Not sure how it came to be or it's approximate age at present but I thought you would like to see it.
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This definitely isn't completely fossilized (maybe not even at all smelled bad when I did flame test) but I figured someone on here would be able to help me figure out what is is. I found it on a sandbar in a creek here in southeast Nebraska. My initial thought was cow or bison femur, but I can't match it with any bones on the web that I've found. It is 14 inches long and is massive and heavy.
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Also found this in the Oregon Buttes area of Wyoming. It was known to be a shallow sea at one point in time. (Still learning my regional geology). Found a lot of petrified wood around where this was. Lower elevations had lots of coral. To me this looks like an appendage fragment from a mammal, but I don't really know what I'm talking about. (I probably shouldn't have shot these pictures on concrete. I can upload others if needed.) Thoughts?
