Shellseeker Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 A good find. Most of these are broken up by the churn of the river. I do not know why I thought these only came from whales. but this should be from dolphin. It is also smaller at 29mm in diameter than I anticipated. So the question -- How small do these get? 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 November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 That is small, and nice! I guess a vertebral epiphysis can be as small as the smallest centrum in a juvenile spinal column, ie:"Pretty small". Yours here is about the size of the smallest I've found myself. "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...
Missourian Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Mmmm..... Thin mints. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Wait......that's not a cookie at all Jack! DON'T EAT IT!!!! Cool find though! ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Very nice Jack, those are a lot harder to come by than the vertebra! And that is smaller than any I've found either: ) Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 Thanks for the responses. An epiphysis is really rare where I hunt. Usually I only find a small section or 1/4 complete in an environment that has numerous porpoise vertebrae.This one has a story (unknown) to have died so young. I was not very successful yesterday, digging test holes and running into old discard piles. We were close to "pack up and leave" time and this fossil shows up in a sieve containing 1 broken tiger. One thing that makes our hobby so enjoyable to me is the fact that a rare find can show up at any time. Keeps me on my toes. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I find them on occasion but as you mentioned they are nearly always broken. I have a nice complete one that is about 6" in diameter. I sometimes come across some really large fragments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Hey Jack, that's a nice find! I havent been in creeks/rivers as long as some of you have and haven't personally come across one yet but I did try to convince Jeff that a 4" round dark phosphate disc I found last year was one. He didnt budge on my tentative ID a bit. He was right! Thanks for showing us what a real one looks like! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Mmm... Cookies! Nice find. -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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