Fossil_Adult Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Can I have some help on this? I have no idea what species it’s from and it’s driving me crazy. Any tips would be appreciated. Found in Duck, North Carolina. (OBX NC = Outer Banks, North Carolina.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Just an impression, reminds me of giant sloth tail vertebra. Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Since this is an international forum, members might not know the location abbreviated in your title. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil_Adult Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 Should I change the title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, Fossil_teenager said: Should I change the title? It is always good to have the location in the initial post. You could add it with an edit. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil_Adult Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 Alright I’ll do that now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil_Adult Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 Duck, NC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earendil Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Is it completely fossilized? It looks relatively modern from this light. I would recommend the burn test, or whatever this post has to offer: "Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell" -From The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 ? Cervical vertebra. ? seeing the very large foramen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 size please unless I just missed it given elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil_Adult Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 The size is around two inches wide. I don’t want to potentially damage the specimen by burning it but it does make a ceramic sound when tapping it on a hard surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 47 minutes ago, Fossil_teenager said: The size is around two inches wide. I don’t want to potentially damage the specimen by burning it but it does make a ceramic sound when tapping it on a hard surface. That suggests at least partial mineralization. The Yorktown Fm subcrops at shallow depths in the region, and it is pretty common to find reworked material. Could also be Pleistocene. The most common beach finds on the OBX I found to be cetacean and sirenian. I'm thinking manatee. See photo of a manatee vertebral column below 1 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I think deer is a possibility. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil_Adult Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 I think It’s deer guys! Thanks a lot I’ve been wondering what it was for the longest time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil_Adult Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 I just did the burn test and no smell. I held it on for a prolonged time and nothing, so it’s definitely not modern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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