pipo argenti Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Hi, I found this, don't know even if it's a fossil, Ludwigia says it's travertine. what do you think? thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Its some kind of bone. Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I agree with travertine. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 16 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: I agree with travertine. Seconded (or Thirded after @Ludwigia) -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I´d say both is right, bone, possibly skull, covered in travertine. The more brownish parts look very bone-ish to me. Best regards, J 1 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I think I see a symmetry here, as painted into the image below. Looks like looking upwards into a nasal cavity, hefty zygomatic arch to the left? 1 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Bump. I implore you to reconsider. There is more to this piece than travertine and pareidolia, please all you mammal experts, take a closer look! Best Regards, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 It does look like bone structure covered in travertine. The large honeycomb like holes in the bone look a lot like mammoth or mastodon skull. Here's a picture from the internet with similar. I've attached a reference to the photo. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Ok, I was dreaming about endemic south american beasts like Xenarthra or Notoungulata, but of course there where also Proboscidea there. Any chance of a further identification of this skull fragment? Curiously, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I agree with bone with a twist of non bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Ok if it is bone, then probably skull. But what continent is it from? Cave bear? Lion? Mammoth? How big is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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