awgreen Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I found this vertebrae on the coast in Yorktown, VA. It is 1 1/2 inches long and 1 inch thick. It has two distinct ridges running across the top, and flat surfaces on each end. I collected many other specimens whale bone nearby so I presume that this is a vertebrae from one of those whales. Can anyone help me to identify a specific species of whale or porpoise that this belongs to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Welcome to the Forum! The photos are opening too small for me to get a real good look but I think you have a small cetacean vertebra - maybe a dolphin. And FYI: vertebra is singular and vertebrae is plural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Welcome to TFF. I think that ceatation vertebrae are not diagnostic, and other than "whale" or "porpoise" it is not identifiable. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Pictures are too small and dark. Try taking them outside. Regards, 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 I have to agree with the others that better pictures could help get a more proper ID. But from the size you indicated, I would say most likely dolphin. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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