GDCalvert Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Found this in the shipping channel between SC and GA. Looks like a fossil of some sort to me, but I am not an expert. Hoping someone can tell me if this is something of importance or just a really interesting shaped rock. Any input is appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Please provide views from more angles: Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 46 minutes ago, GDCalvert said: just a really interesting shaped rock. Scratch that at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDCalvert Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 Again, hate to be the idiot in the group but what do you mean by scratching it? See if there is a sublayer that indicates it is something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earendil Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 30 minutes ago, GDCalvert said: Again, hate to be the idiot in the group but what do you mean by scratching it? See if there is a sublayer that indicates it is something else? No, I think he means 'Scratch that' as in the said fossil is not just a really interesting shaped rock. 1 "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 June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 waiting for more pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Rockwood said: Scratch that Sorry for the unfamiliar reference. "Erase this from the list", I believe is the root of it. I'm confident that it is fossil bone, but can't identify it further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDCalvert Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 More photos for the group. The symmetrical pattern in the surface, combined with the smoothness of the circular cut out, with what seems like a couple "wings" tells me this is not just a random rock. Very grateful for all the help in figuring this one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I agree... the symmetry suggests a bone chunk. But what? I cannot say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Chunk of bone. The dredge material on the Savannah River is loaded with tons of chunkosaur and some complete bone from Miocene to Pleistocene. This one might just be complete enough for someone more experienced to give you more specifics but I can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Possibly a piece from a cetacean axis vertebra ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 15 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Possibly a piece from a cetacean axis vertebra ? At the risk of drawing conclusions from a limited sample size cetacean bone seems to be the most common from that area. I see some structure in the picture that make me think cetacean bone but I'm not positive. Is it possible to clean the specimen up a little with some more in focus pictures? @Boesse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDCalvert Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 Here are the closest I can get. The grooves definitely have a worn aspect to them, as if rope had been pulled through them, creating a flow pattern. I tried to clean it up as much as I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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