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Honeycomb bone structure?

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I thought this type of honeycomb structure was usually indicative of skull bone but this piece looks like it may be some sort of joint?

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That open honeycomb structure is typical of large mammals. This looks like an occipital condyle. Mammals have 2 of those on either side of the hole that goes into the brain cavity. So this would attach to the first neck vertebra.

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16 hours ago, LordTrilobite said:

That open honeycomb structure is typical of large mammals. This looks like an occipital condyle. Mammals have 2 of those on either side of the hole that goes into the brain cavity. So this would attach to the first neck vertebra.


Thanks for the great ID! I definitely learned something from that one. 

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