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Looks Like A Woodpeckers Head... Tilly Bone?


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Neat! B) But I haven't a clue as to what it is. Hope someone can I.D. it.

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Fish tilly bone maybe? B)B)B):)

"Fish tilly bone" :P:blink: I had to go look such a funny non-academic name. Looks like that could very well be the correct answer...

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How is this then it's a hyperostotic fish bone AKA tilly bone. :blush:B)B):D

I'd have been similarly clueless :blink: and perhaps a little less amused. :P

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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 It certainly feels and "bites" like a fossil -- what was it originally made out of ?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 -- :P

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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.

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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...

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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)...

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