MadRey Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I'm so sorry, but I have no location since it was bought in a store :[ It measures 70x15x02 (mm) Any guesses on what it could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikohr Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Definitely not a stingray mouth piece. Can we see photos from other angles? Also as a general rule of thumb, I highly advise against purchasing a fossil without that information. A reputable dealer will have it on hand and prominently displayed even for the cheap stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadRey Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, jikohr said: Definitely not a stingray mouth piece. Can we see photos from other angles? Also as a general rule of thumb, I highly advise against purchasing a fossil without that information. A reputable dealer will have it on hand and prominently displayed even for the cheap stuff. Thanks again for your help! This was part of a ''mystery'' fossil bag which was gifted to me. I know it's annoying to work with that kind of information, I'm sorry :[ I wish I knew a bit more about it. Hopefully, these pictures will help a bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikohr Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Ah okay, that makes sense! Hmm, if I had to guess I'd say it's a piece bone, I'm leaning toward rib but it could also be limb. I and many others have found similar pieces from Ice Age Mammals in creeks across the U.S. Of course it's impossible to say if it is Ice Age or if it's older without locality info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 If this has been identified in person as being bone I guess I won't argue against it. Something seem a little off about it to me though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Looks more wood related to me, how would the pattern be explained if it were bone? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 39 minutes ago, Lone Hunter said: Looks more wood related to me, how would the pattern be explained if it were bone? Yeah my first thought was also immediately petrified wood - it’s got the pattern and there’s no sponge-y bone texture to it. Which I know isn’t an indicator for bone always, but it’s one less thing to say that it is bone. 1 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikohr Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I was going off of shape more than anything when I guessed bone. I've seen that shape many times on pieces of bone with the marrow weathered out. I kinda question it being wood though, I haven't seen that shape, specifically that thin (2 mm) and curved at the same time, on petrified wood and there is a ton of it in southeast Texas. I could very well be wrong. I'll try and find the piece of bone this reminds me of later today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Lone Hunter said: how would the pattern be explained if it were bone? Conceivably Hadrosaur jaw. The ridges being where the tooth batteries were. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Possibly a gill raker from a fish? 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadRey Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 @Mark Kmiecik, @Rockwood, @jikohr, @Meganeura, @Lone Hunter Thank you guys for sharing your ideas on what this could be! Maybe this video will help, but not being able to hold it and seeing it in person will probably still make it difficult to ID this 20220623_222819.mp4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 minute ago, MadRey said: @Mark Kmiecik, @Rockwood, @jikohr, @Meganeura, @Lone Hunter Thank you guys for sharing your ideas on what this could be! Maybe this video will help, but not being able to hold it and seeing it in person will probably still make it difficult to ID this 20220623_222819.mp4 That's definitely not petrified wood - but I have no clue what it is! 1 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikohr Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 hour ago, MadRey said: @Mark Kmiecik, @Rockwood, @jikohr, @Meganeura, @Lone Hunter Thank you guys for sharing your ideas on what this could be! Maybe this video will help, but not being able to hold it and seeing it in person will probably still make it difficult to ID this 20220623_222819.mp4 1 hour ago, Meganeura said: That's definitely not petrified wood - but I have no clue what it is! That's not bone either. Could it be half of an imprint of a small Gyrolithes burrow? The "ridges" kinda remind me of the imprint of a screw shape and the texture looks like polished sandstone to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 not a hadrosaur jaw fragment. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Not a gill raker. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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