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Physeteridae (Sperm Whale) Fused axis vertebra and Third Cervical Vertebra
AshHendrick posted a fossil in Mammals
Weekend find, date may have been 18th not the 19th, working to verify with dig partner. Found: Greens Mill Run, Greenville NC among a huge array of items (whale bone including several tempanic bulla, shark teeth (great white, tiger,crow, Giant White Shark etc) and two Enchodus teeth etc. Partner I was digging with found it (we were digging same location/hole together) in his screen and let me keep it. Boesse Confirmed an ID on ID Forum "Nice specimen! This is almost certainly Balaenula sp., a dwarf right whale known from the Yorktown Fm. at Lee Creek. It's a miniature version of Eubalaena in that image at the top (which is from my blog)." -
I paid a visit back to Greensmill Run for the first time in several years and after striking out in a couple of spots I headed back to an area where I had done well in the past but had stopped collecting as I thought it had dried up a little bit. Long story short I hit a great patch of material finding several A+ great whites, a 1" mosasaur tooth that was 99% pristine and a piece of a gompothere tooth. I also found an odd piece of bone that had what I thought looked like tooth sockets but it was hard to tell if I was dealing with a piece of jawbone or a really mangled piece of non-descript whale bone. I had to head home due to a family commitment so I returned the following week and picked up where I left off. The spot continued to produce and after an hour I came up with another tooth socket looking piece of bone. It wasn't until I got home and compared it to my previous week's find that I realized the two bones were from the exact piece of anatomy. I then went back through my GMR unid'd stuff and found another smaller piece of bone that while much more partial, appeared to match as well. After doing research I have an uneducated guess of what these bones are but I wanted to see if anyone else has come across these before I taint any minds with a wrong identification. I realized after I took the pics that I didn't have a scale on them. The largest piece is 3" long by 1.75" wide. I'd appreciate any info anyone might have.
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