jhw Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Can anyone identify this piece? Supposedly a fossil and from southern california, but I don't have it in hand so all I know. Ruler is in inches. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
fossilus Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I agree, looks like a partial opossum jaw. Link to post Share on other sites
jhw Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 Thanks Darrow. That was my first thought too. Also looks kind of modern, to my eye anyways. Link to post Share on other sites
yardrockpaleo Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Yeah, looks pretty modern. Try the Burn Test. Link to post Share on other sites
Thecosmilia Trichitoma Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 We have no shortage of possums for that to come from! I also believe it is modern. As @yardrockpaleo suggested, take a match and hold it up to the jaw. If it has a “burnt hair” smell, it’s modern. Fossilized bone won’t have an odor. Link to post Share on other sites
jpc Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 4 molars and modern... it is an opposum. Link to post Share on other sites
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