Still_human Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Can anyone identify this vert for me? I’m guessing some type of whale, but that’s as much as I can even guess. It was found in Black Beard creek in Liberty county, Georgia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Cervical vert from a cetacean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 that was my guess too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_human Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 21 minutes ago, Troodon said: Cervical vert from a cetacean Are there many from there of this size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_human Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 They don’t know any formation or anything, but I’d imagine the information they did give narrows it down to just a specific formation, wouldn’t it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 No idea of frequency and Yes the locality should provide a formation but I cannot help you there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_human Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 2/25/2020 at 4:46 PM, Troodon said: No idea of frequency and Yes the locality should provide a formation but I cannot help you there. Frequency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 2/25/2020 at 4:03 PM, Still_human said: They don’t know any formation or anything, but I’d imagine the information they did give narrows it down to just a specific formation, wouldn’t it? https://cosm.georgiasouthern.edu/icps/collections/paleontology-collection/ Liberty county is the Georgia coastal plain, and thus can easily contain both fossil and modern whale verts... Quote The paleontology collections of Georgia Southern University are held in the Department of Geology and Geography. The collections primarily include fossils of Georgia’s coastal plain, including nearly 5,000 invertebrate and 1,500 vertebrate fossils ranging in age from 85 million years to 10,000 years old. ....... In 1983, another fossil of international significance, Georgiacetus vogtlensis, was discovered by Georgia Southern paleontologists at Plant Vogtle in Burke County, Georgia, and added to the collections. G. vogtlensis is one of the oldest whales in North America, at 42 million years in age. I would think your whale vert is small to medium whale... for comparison, here is a sperm whale vert... @Boesse The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Baleen whale cervical vertebra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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