Double question: two small fossils in a stone and, possible bone?

[Sandruski]

Good morning!

 

I share with you two findings that, as a rookie, I have collected with great enthusiasm on the beach in Alicante, a mediterranean city in Spain.

The first, I think they are two small fossils collected in a small stone.

The second, if I'm honest, I think it could be a bone. He was on the shore of the sea, among the stones. To the touch and to the sight, it did not seem like a conventional bone to me, but when I looked closely, I seemed to appreciate that it has an articulation socket area at both ends. I found it curious to say the least and I share it with you so that you can give me your opinion. I don't know if it is a bone that for some reason has reached the sea and has been there until the current has carried it to the coast. The "bone" (let's call it that until you confirm that it's just a stone and I feel like a fool), measures three centimeters.

 

Thank you very much to all of you and excuse me for my mistakes writing in english.

 

[Coco]

The first is a foot bone, the second looks like nummulites.

 

Coco

[Sandruski]

Thank you for the info Coco.

 

1 hour ago, Coco said:

The first is a foot bone, the second looks like nummulites.

 

Coco

What kind of animal can have that bone on its food? I´m really interested to learn about and discover where it can come from. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

That Nummulites is lovely. 

[Coco]

5 hours ago, Sandruski said:

Thank you for the info Coco.

 

What kind of animal can have that bone on its food? I´m really interested to learn about and discover where it can come from. 

To know, you have to wait for the specialists.

 

@Harry Pristis@Troodon

 

Coco

[jpc]

The first one is a toe bone of a medium sized mammal... dog?  

 

[Sandruski]

45 minutes ago, Coco said:

To know, you have to wait for the specialists.

 

@Harry Pristis@Troodon

 

Coco

Thank You very much for your help 

[max pijpelink]

the first is a toe bone to a small deer or goat sheep I think. 

 

[Harry Pristis]

For comparison:

 

[Sandruski]

32 minutes ago, Harry Pristis said:

For comparison:

 

 

Thank you very much for the image and your time. Maybe I am wrong but I think the bone is alike to a lupus bone. Now I have work to study what kind of lupus. 

[Harry Pristis]

52 minutes ago, Sandruski said:

 

Thank you very much for the image and your time. Maybe I am wrong but I think the bone is alike to a lupus bone. Now I have work to study what kind of lupus. 

No, I don't think it is from a wolf.  It is very deer-like, as Max noted above.

 

[Sandruski]

@Coco @Tidgy's Dad @jpc @max pijpelink @Harry Pristis

 

Thank you all for your help. Now I know a little bit more and I just can say thank you because with your messages I learnt more. I can only add that at this moment I think I can't do anything else to try to know the age because I suppose that bone comes from some quarry where they have taken the stones that are on the beach. I would like to clarify that this beach is not made of sand but of stones and I will not be able to know the origin of them.

Edited October 14, 2022 by Sandruski