RidgeRunner Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Found this yesterday at Ramanessin Brook in NJ. Not sure what this is. Some molar? A vertebrae? An interesting rock? Any ID suggestions welcome. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Concretion or nodule. Not seeing any bone texture or enamel, here. 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...
JohnJ Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I think this might be a deer tarsal bone...recent. @Harry Pristis 2 3 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombk Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I agree with @JohnJ that it looks like a recent bone from some part of the complicated anatomy of a 4-legged animals ankle or foot, carpal or tarsal (depending on front or back foot). It's fairly small, and I can't say what species of animal it comes from, but deer seems like a good guess. Your fourth picture shows a good view of the anatomy of the bone. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 i am seeing multiple articulating surfaces so I am guessing as others have, ankle or wrist bone. I would do a flame test when it is fully dry to see if it is a fossil, deer have been around for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 A deer cubonavicular -- a fusion two bones, the cuboid and the navicular. Can't reliably guess an age from images. 7 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 I have a similar fossil found here in a marine miocene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 8 hours ago, Vieira said: I have a similar fossil found here in a marine miocene. Show us! 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 15 hours ago, Harry Pristis said: Show us! Tonight I will take some pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 On 9/21/2021 at 5:55 PM, Harry Pristis said: Show us! The pictures as I promised. I think the bone its the same. Mine are from a marine Miocene (burdigalian) formation in Portugal. Let me know what you think. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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