lysmarie94 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Went in a stream in Charleston and found a bunch of shark teeth but I found this guy and have no clue what it is! Anyone have any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coled18 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 It looks like it may be a worn down bone fragment (?), not a tooth though. CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Looks like most of a fish spine. I've seen a few others post similar fossils from sediments of that age (Later cenozoic marine sediments along the east coast). If I remember correctly @Brett Breakin' Rocks posted something like it a while ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 5/15/2020 at 12:56 AM, PaleoNoel said: Looks like most of a fish spine. I've seen a few others post similar fossils from sediments of that age (Later cenozoic marine sediments along the east coast). If I remember correctly @Brett Breakin' Rocks posted something like it a while ago. Man .. this really beats me up too because I gave @caldigger the images and asked that he respond to these posts when they popped up. (thanks man, gonna miss you) *sniff* .. These are neural spines that sit just in front of the hypural vertebra, from the extinct billfish Aglyptorhynchus sp. .. common in the Chandler Bridge and Ashley Marl formations from the Oligocene. On 5/14/2020 at 10:16 PM, lysmarie94 said: Anyone have any thoughts? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 PS. Wanna see a digital version my students are working on .... ?? .. more to come folks at a later date after I come up for air. Look Development by Conner Bushoven 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysmarie94 Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 On 5/15/2020 at 12:56 AM, PaleoNoel said: Looks like most of a fish spine. I've seen a few others post similar fossils from sediments of that age (Later cenozoic marine sediments along the east coast). If I remember correctly @Brett Breakin' Rocks posted something like it a while ago. Thank you so much! I knew it was none of some kind and now I know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlesteve Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Awesome... I just found two of these last weekend and remembered seeing this thread. I would not have guessed they were spines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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