NFLfinder Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Crocodile osteoderm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFLfinder Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 35 minutes ago, Lone Hunter said: Crocodile osteoderm? just found deep holes = crocodile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Looks to me like a pharyngeal grinding mill -- a fish tooth plate. 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...
NFLfinder Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Harry Pristis said: Looks to me like a pharyngeal grinding mill -- a fish tooth plate. 1) don't see the deep holes ... just shallow pits in the above examples 2) not as flat 3) don't seeing the matching flat back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Looks to me like a pharyngeal grinding mill -- a fish tooth plate. Note the irregular-size pits with thin, nearly-overlapping walls between them. Then note the thick walls between pits on the crocodilian osteoderms. Your find is not crocodilian, and it most closely matches a fish pharyngeal grinding mill. Your find may not be the same species as mine, but I still think it's from a fish. 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...
hemipristis Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Agree with fish pharyngeal. Reminds me of the Eocene ones from Muddy Creek and Liverpool Point in the Chesapeake area 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 It looks like an abraded piece of turtle bone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Better photos might be useful. @NFLfinder The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I agree with harry on this. The holes are too close together to be croc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Is this the same fossil? Still looks like abraded turtle bone to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFLfinder Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 Same piece and I agree that an abraded turtle bone is highly likely ... I left out an object attribute that may with identifying porous pieces. I can list ... whether an object is flat, or it has either convex or concave sides. In this case ... the porous side is concave, and the abraded, smoother side is convex ... supporting it being turtle shell or similar. 27 minutes ago, Al Dente said: Is this the same fossil? Still looks like abraded turtle bone to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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