Scott Fleagle Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I just joined this group. I found this today in the surf of Holden Beach, NC. Just hoping someone can identify it for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Hi, it's a piece of bone. I don't think it's from a Megalodon. Try to burn it with a flame, if it smells, it's a modern bone. Sophie. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Looks like part of a fish skull. Try the flame test. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fleagle Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said: Looks like part of a fish skull. Try the flame test. Thanks. I tried the flame test and got no smell from it. Maybe I’ll try a better picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 mosasaur vert? Whatever it is, it is... 1) not a tooth 2) very waterworn. Likely beyond identifyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Holden Beach renourishment has a lot of late Maastrichtian Peedee in it so I agree with probable Mosasaur vert. Trust you also got some of those nice Hardouinea mortonis echinoids? Good eye JPC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fleagle Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Plax said: Holden Beach renourishment has a lot of late Maastrichtian Peedee in it so I agree with probable Mosasaur vert. Trust you also got some of those nice Hardouinea mortonis echinoids? Good eye JPC! Thanks for your reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Did you ever consider hoof core, maybe horse. Your fossil seems to have that type of consistency and shape. From this thread. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/70287-could-this-be-a-bison-hoof/ The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Something like this would be possible but most of the sediment being pumped on the beach is Cretaceous and his bone has a general mosasaur vert shape to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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