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Missourri river bone fossil


South dakota42

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Found on Missourri river sandbar.  Windy days have removed finer sand.  Fossil was sitting on surface.  Near Niobrara, Nebraska, USA

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Found in the middle of the river.  Had big floods a year ago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Welcome to the Forum.  :) 

 

Have you done a burn test to establish whether it is mineralized or not?

Hold the bone to a flame. If it burns or smells like burning hair, it is modern. 

If it is unaffected, it is fossilized. 

 

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I have some similar specimens from the Missouri and  tributaries.

 

A burn test is almost mandatory. These dark colored ones almost always end up be historical rather than fossil.

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