darrow Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 but for no other reason than I don't have a clue, I'll guess it's a fish bone of some type? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Owens Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Neat! But I haven't a clue as to what it is. Hope someone can I.D. it. -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Fish tilly bone maybe? It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrow Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Fish tilly bone maybe? "Fish tilly bone" I had to go look such a funny non-academic name. Looks like that could very well be the correct answer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 How is this then it's a hyperostotic fish bone AKA tilly bone. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 i consider that really, really likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj aurora Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 I agree with the hyperstotic diagnosis, beautiful coloration and nice deatail as well in the texture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrow Posted November 6, 2010 Author Share Posted November 6, 2010 How is this then it's a hyperostotic fish bone AKA tilly bone. I'd have been similarly clueless and perhaps a little less amused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Tilly Bone ??? Here I was searching for MEGS!!! -- and not only broken Megs like the one I found, pictured below. or maybe Glyptodont osteoderms, also found and pictured below. But I found a Tilly bone!! It is 1.25 inches, so maybe from a small fish? It certainly feels and "bites" like a fossil -- what was it originally made out of ? Is it actually bone? I am pleased, because it seems to be unbroken AND it is my first -- The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 hyperostosis yes it was bone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguy Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Looks like a Tilly Bone. Is it bone or fossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Looks like a Tilly Bone. Is it bone or fossil I would judge this Tilly bone as fossil rather than bone because in order of importance 1) it seems "light" , 2) it is black w/o any bone color (white, tan, or brown)and black is the typical color of bone fossils in the Peace River and 3) it has that enamel like "click" when bitten. So, used to be fish bone - now it is fossil. Here is the only other "fishbone to fossil" in my collection. Fish fossils are rare to find for me. Think "rudder" when trying to ID this new photo. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 The bone is called a Hypural; it is the last vertebral centrum, and attachment for the caudal fin ray. Some can be IDed as to type of fish, but not by me... "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...
darrow Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 Unfortunately the Tilly bone I found turned out to not be a fossil, the black coloration of came right off in the ultrasonic cleaner. It was relegated to the non-fossile bone pile(s)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 oh well, it's still pretty cool - and i'm sure it meant a lot to tilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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