Sélacien34 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) Those bones came from the miocene of the southern of France. that makes me think of broken femoral or humerus heads of marine mammals. But maybe i'm wrong. What do you think about it ? Edited July 11, 2013 by Sélacien34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I can only address the ones that look like mushrooms: They sure look like cetacean humeri to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sélacien34 Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) Hello Carl, thank you for your message, but are we talking about the same things ? The first five pictures and the last one are the bones that i would like to identify. The other pictures are recognizable cetacean and seal humeri that i put here for comparaison. I think that's what you have recognized isn't it ? That's what you have named as mushroom but what about the rest ? (Sorry for my poor english !) Edited July 11, 2013 by Sélacien34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sélacien34 Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) I removed the recognizable mammals bones and i only let the mysterious ones, then it's more clear. Those strange rounded bones are often found in our miocene's formation and i think that noone knows what it is around me. Edited July 11, 2013 by Sélacien34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sélacien34 Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) More pictures : Edited July 12, 2013 by Sélacien34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sélacien34 Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 A few more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sélacien34 Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 Final pictures... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Yeah - it looks like I misunderstood. I can't ID the non-mushroom-looking specimens. Hello Carl, thank you for your message, but are we talking about the same things ? The first five pictures and the last one are the bones that i would like to identify. The other pictures are recognizable cetacean and seal humeri that i put here for comparaison. I think that's what you have recognized isn't it ? That's what you have named as mushroom but what about the rest ? (Sorry for my poor english !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sélacien34 Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 No problem, thank you for trying. Nobody can ID those bones by now in France, holland and neither in the USA. Affaire à suivre... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 This is a real stab in the dark but on the outer surface it is strange appearing and reminds me of the surface of sea robins ( fish).. The exterior I am talking about the third image in Post 6 (the dark one). The surface reminds me of a skull plate a bit. I don't hunt your age of fossils so I can't be helpful.. Sea robins seem to have that odd appearing surface also but the shape is wrong.. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/17042-baby-alligator-head/?p=188977 that is the surface of the sea robin.. Some of the others almost remind me of a part of a shoulder girdle (Post 7).. Do you find fish fossils along with the ones pictured? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sélacien34 Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) Hello, thank you very much for your answer. From what I know and what I have found there, vertebrae of bony and cartilaginous fishes are found, teeth or pieces of dental palace of many species including sharks, rays, Sphyraenidae, Sparidae and Dentex fossilis, Pycnodontidae, Merluccinae, Labridae and also crocodilian teeth in the upper layers. But nothing we can associate with these big pieces by now. Edited July 13, 2013 by Sélacien34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sélacien34 Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 What do you think about something like that : A bony prominence on the skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Well the shape is matching but that would make one very large fish.. I am thinking a part of a skull though.. I am going to PM you an email address of someone who might know.. Anyone else have any ideas? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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