Bbncee Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Could someone please help me identify this piece. It was found in the bone bed area at Point A Dam in Alabama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuckMucus Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Guess: tusk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Can we get "end on" view photos? 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...
Thomas.Dodson Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I suspect concretion or maybe trace burrow but end on photos will help the determination. If anyone is wondering, the bone bed is a marine Eocene outcrop. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbncee Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 Here’s a few more pictures. I’m at work, but I can take more when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bbncee Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said: Can we get "end on" view photos? Last photo added is with “end on”, also added is the top part of the larger section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbncee Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 58 minutes ago, Thomas.Dodson said: I suspect concretion or maybe trace burrow but end on photos will help the determination. If anyone is wondering, the bone bed is a marine Eocene outcrop. This passed the tongue test, too well actually. End on photos are up now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullStrong Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I'm in the concretion camp, no Schreger lines, no enamel, and no visible bone “Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum" Descartes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Yup. I'm kinda in the extremely suggestive concretion camp as well. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbncee Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, digit said: Yup. I'm kinda in the extremely suggestive concretion camp as well. Cheers. -Ken Do concretions stick like bone/fossils? Florida Museum says it’s a probably a dugong bone fragment. I finally got a reply back after posting this here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Definitely not a dugong bone. Dugongid bones are uniform in construction . . . that is, they don't have layers and shells. 3 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...
val horn Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Sorry not a tooth no enamel, not bone wrong texture. The solid other core is classic for a conctetion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Bbncee said: This passed the tongue test, too well actually. End on photos are up now That test is a helpful tool but not definitive, a lot of rocks will stick to your tongue depending on porosity and composition. Minerals like chrysocolla and kaolinite are naturally 'sticky'. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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