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Fossil Jaw FL ?


RescueMJ

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Found this suspect item inland Venice, FL. Mostly Pleistocene material within 100 yards: sloth, megs, dugong...Lots of clay and limestone in this site. Some material not totally mineralized. When cleaning item, fiberous material revealed. Unsure if it is a fossil or not. Jaw shaped?

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31 minutes ago, RescueMJ said:

Found this suspect item inland Venice, FL. Mostly Pleistocene material

Not 100% sure but it might be a whale/cetacean vert piece. Reminds me of an atlas or cervical vertebra partial. 

 

For comparison, a cetacean cervical vert.

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And an atlas/axis (cervical vertebrae) assemblage from the Mace Brown in Charleston. 

Source: https://blogs.cofc.edu/macebrownmuseum/2016/12/02/friday-fossil-feature-fintastic-surfprises-from-lee-cones-whale/

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My own 'partial' from a dolphin (?) or something smaller. Savannah, GA

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Cheers,

Brett

 

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