ElBicho Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Hello everyone! I found this possible fossil? in a Coast in Uruguay (country in South America) - I found it after a drop in the level of the water, he was between a lot of rocks and look so different than the rocks (and I'm 98% sure that isn't a rock lol) what could it be? The size is 60x40 aprox Thank you all! And sorry for the bad english btw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Whale humerus. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBicho Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Whale humerus. Thanks a lot! I did not expect it to be a whale bone, because here on this coast its presence is very strange in this River! Thank u again!! How old will it be? what whale is it? I really don't know anything, it's the first bone I see in my life, I don't know what I should do with it either, do I leave it in my garden or give it to a museum? thank u again Edited December 16, 2020 by ElBicho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Whales are living species that originated app 30 mya, I would call your local museum and discuss the fossil with experts. I don’t like leaving fossils outside in the rain where they can be damaged and would find somewhere it could be protected . If you do not want it and the museum does not want it I would look to a school or university 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Rockwood said: Whale humerus. good call. I concur But it's not funny 1 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, ElBicho said: Thanks a lot! I did not expect it to be a whale bone, because here on this coast its presence is very strange in this River! Thank u again!! How old will it be? what whale is it? I really don't know anything, it's the first bone I see in my life, I don't know what I should do with it either, do I leave it in my garden or give it to a museum? thank u again The details are a bit out of my reach. I could guess around 10 million years, but it's just a guess based on what is commonly found on the east coast of the US. There is a chance @Boesse may be around. He may know more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBicho Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 Thank you all for the help! I write to Boesse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 @ElBicho I believe that this is a right whale humerus, based on how large the head of the humerus is. If from a Pleistocene deposit it could be Eubalaena australis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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