Peace River Fish Vertebrae/assorted

[Cam28]

All found yesterday in a heavily hunted spot. I'd appreciate any additional insight.

From left to right:

Top row: #4 Claw/rib bone? (bottom), #2: fish vert. (brown) & #3 fish vert. (black), #4(side), #1: Bigger Fish vert., #4 (back), top:#5 (Alligator scute?) below: #6

Bottom Row: #7.

Edited March 12, 2014 by Cam28

[fossilized6s]

I'll give it a go.

These are in no particular order. 1 shell impression, 1 large turtle shell frag, 1 partial alligator scute, 4 fish verts, 2 bone frags ......and a partridge in a pear tree. And usually fish verts like that aren't fossilized, so an easy way to find that out is to do a flame test. If it stinks and burns it's not fossilized. But that's just if you care or not. They're still cool!

Hopefully this helps.

[busyeagle]

I'll give it a go.

These are in no particular order. 1 shell impression, 1 large turtle shell frag, 1 partial alligator scute, 4 fish verts, 2 bone frags ......and a partridge in a pear tree. And usually fish verts like that aren't fossilized, so an easy way to find that out is to do a flame test. If it stinks and burns it's not fossilized. But that's just if you care or not. They're still cool!

Hopefully this helps.

Sounds about right, and I agree that the fish verts look modern.

[Cam28]

I'll give it a go.

These are in no particular order. 1 shell impression, 1 large turtle shell frag, 1 partial alligator scute, 4 fish verts, 2 bone frags ......and a partridge in a pear tree. And usually fish verts like that aren't fossilized, so an easy way to find that out is to do a flame test. If it stinks and burns it's not fossilized. But that's just if you care or not. They're still cool!

Hopefully this helps.

Thanks for the reply. I agree, the fish verts are most likely modern since there were fish randomly jumping near me while searching, and how detailed they are.

However, I only posted 7 different specimens while there are 9 suggestions in your post. No big deal for the fish verts, I put 2 different angles of the bigger one. Believe the issue is the specimen in pictures 1, 3 and 6. The porous bottom section (picture 1) is nearly an inch across, which leads me to believe it is bone, not turtle shell (but might be wrong?). So can it be further identified? (Also the opposing cross section is much smaller and triangular than the cross section in picture 6)

Edited March 13, 2014 by Cam28

[fossilized6s]

Thanks for the reply. I agree, the fish verts are most likely modern since there were fish randomly jumping near me while searching, and how detailed they are.

However, I only posted 7 different specimens while there are 9 suggestions in your post. No big deal for the fish verts, I put 2 different angles of the bigger one. Believe the issue is the specimen in pictures 1, 3 and 6. The porous bottom section (picture 1) is nearly an inch across, which leads me to believe it is bone, not turtle shell (but might be wrong?). So can it be further identified? (Also the opposing cross section is much smaller and triangular than the cross section in picture 6)

Oh, ok. It's hard to tell then. I'll take a picture of some turtle frags and my rib bone i found in a bit so you can compare yours with it in hand.

[fossilized6s]

Here's my large mammal rib bone (i think horse)

And then heres a turtle or tortoise shell frag. The marrow is about an inch thick like yours.

[Cam28]

Here's my large mammal rib bone (i think horse)

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And then heres a turtle or tortoise shell frag. The marrow is about an inch thick like yours.

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Huh interesting. Yeah definitely a turtle or tortoise frag then. Oh well, should be plenty of ribs still out there. Thanks again for the help.

Edited March 14, 2014 by Cam28