Guest mountaineer Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 (edited) ID needed Walrus Tusks? Found on beach. Edited September 18, 2010 by mountaineer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Nothing there that says "tusk". If it's even a fossil, maybe coral?? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mountaineer Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Nothing there that says "tusk". If it's even a fossil, maybe coral?? LOOK CLOSER,IT HAS PORES JUST LIKE TURTLE SHELL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 i'm completely at a loss. are you being funny or what? your topics all have rather specific titles, as if you've pre-identified stuff, but then when others say the stuff is just rocks you argue that they all have pores. What does having pores have to do with anything? lots of rocks have pores. and what does a walrus tusk have in common with a turtle shell? most of the people who reply to posts on this forum have a lot of experience looking at fossils. so when more than one of them say something's just a rock, it's almost always just a rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mountaineer Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 i'm completely at a loss. are you being funny or what? your topics all have rather specific titles, as if you've pre-identified stuff, but then when others say the stuff is just rocks you argue that they all have pores. What does having pores have to do with anything? lots of rocks have pores. and what does a walrus tusk have in common with a turtle shell? most of the people who reply to posts on this forum have a lot of experience looking at fossils. so when more than one of them say something's just a rock, it's almost always just a rock. DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IVORY,FOSSILS&ROCKS?TUSKS ARE IVORY,NOT BONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 It's a rock. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IVORY,FOSSILS&ROCKS?TUSKS ARE IVORY,NOT BONE! lose the caps. it's considered shouting and rude in online forums. and yes, i do know the difference between ivory, fossils and rocks. and tusks look nothing like the things you've posted. and bone looks nothing like the things you've posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mountaineer Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 lose the caps. it's considered shouting and rude in online forums. and yes, i do know the difference between ivory, fossils and rocks. and tusks look nothing like the things you've posted. and bone looks nothing like the things you've posted. GEUSS YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL THEN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 I agree...an interesting rock...but a rock nevertheless. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 That appears to be some type of carbonate, cylindrically shaped rock. I study fossil walruses (there aren't many paleontologists who do...) and I can authoritatively state that out of the hundreds of fossil and modern walrus tusks I've seen, I've never seen one lumpy like that, without a cross-section of circular bands of dentine and cementum (and more importantly without a core of globular dentine), with "pores" on the inside and external surface of the tusk (or any tooth, for that matter), and that did not have a smooth surface with longitudinal and annular striations/ridges (which this example does not have). There exists not a single feature indicative of being a tusk or any kind of tooth, or even a bone for that matter (or, really, anything other than a carbonate rock). It's not even close or really even debatable. I'm sorry. Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 (edited) It is a horn coral. And i have basicly have seen every possibly way horn corals erode. And i have lots of experiance with similar fauna. So dont question me, cause in this area my word is the law. -Frozen Edited September 18, 2010 by frozen_turkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 So dont question me, cause in this area my word is the law. HA HA HA Its carbonate there is tons of it along the Texas coast and is often mistaken for fossil bone. Very little horn coral is found on the beach in Texas, Galveston Island 32 miles long 2 miles wide 134 bars 23 liquor stores any questions? Evolution is Chimp Change. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain! "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 So dont question me, cause in this area my word is the law. HA HA HA Its carbonate there is tons of it along the Texas coast and is often mistaken for fossil bone. Very little horn coral is found on the beach in Texas, I was just joking around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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