Art-Gems Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Found March 2012 in Jacalitos Creek near Coalinga, CA. Have been to the Fossil Discovery Center in Madera, CA, and it looks like the upper part of a mammoth tibia, but really not enough outer material to show, just size and shape. This site has mostly Miocene/Upper Miocene marine fossils - tamiosoma gregaria being common, also clams, scallops, smaller barnacles, sanddollars. We previously found a vertebrae, which we assume is whale. We find other bone material, but water-worn. Also what appears to be petrified wood. This is going to get cut into cabochons if we can't identify it. 7 1/4 in wide 4 1/2 in high 3 3/8 in depth (middle) 6 lbs 1 1/4 oz. FYI - We also have what appears to be a bison tooth found in the 1960s in material at the bottom of a sand cliff (Scott's Valley, CA) full of shark's teeth and other marine fossils. (We have many shark's teeth, as well as porcupine fish, sheepshead, bat-ray, and mammal/pinniped ear-bones). This was self-extracted, so we know it did not come from another area or another layer. The site is no longer accessible due to a storage facility built there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) Hello Art-gems, and welcome to the Forum. Based on your second pic, I would say this looks like some kind of a coral. Doesn't look like bone to me, but,... I am not a bone guy. Hopefully others will chime in and let you know for sure. Regards, Edited March 17, 2012 by Fossildude19 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 It's such a heavily worn fragment that identification will be difficult, if not impossible. "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...
Art-Gems Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 Here is a close-up of one end. Photo taken when wet. This is definitely bone, not coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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