Mahnmut Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Hello together, I am tidying up a bit and came across this piece between the flower pots on my windowsill. I can not remember buying it, and I can not remember finding it. As I do not often find vertebrate fossils (as this appears to me to be) I would remember finding it. So maybe it was a bonus add on to something I bought, or my fiancé found it without being impressed much, in which case it would be from the coast of Normandy or Bretagne. Could also have been from a box of Chilean whale vertebrae, I also found a penguin humerus among those. My first guess is some kind of fish maxilla, any ideas? Scale is metric. Thanks, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 It reminds me of the hinge from an Isognomon oyster. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Thanks Al Dente, thats spot on. I just looked up some more pictures and it does fit. Especially the little crescent shapes as visible in the lower right b&w picture. Well, not a vertebrate, but something as good. a surprise. I would never have guessed it. Just found out there is a species called Isognomon maxillata, so I may feel excused for taking it for a maxilla. Best regards, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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