dhiggi Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Just found this at the base of a scree slope somewhere between Runswick Bay and Sandsend (too excited to wait until I’m home to take pictures with a ruler, sorry ) Pretty sure it looks like bone of some sort; can anyone confirm this and maybe identify it? Thanks for looking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Possibly a plesiosaur humerus/femur distal end fragment. Nice find 1 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I think it's Gyrosteus (giant sturgeon type fish) rather than reptile (happy to be proved wrong though!), hyomandibular or ceratohyal bone from the gill area. Pieces crop up there quite often and have that characteristic coarse texture. Nice chunk! 6 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 TqB is right with Gyro. Nice find 3 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiHunter Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Cool find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Thanks everyone, fish never even crossed my mind because of the size of it. Nice to have a new species in the collection. Apologies for the sideways pics, they weren’t like that on my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Nice find! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcoincoin Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 wow, ought to be a huge fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Thank you everyone, we’re very pleased with it. We had a good look around for more, but to no avail. Found some nice ammonites though. It has a couple of cracks in it so I’m drying it out slowly somewhere cold. Would a layer of paraloid help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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