Gerry Beitler Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Acquired this fossil a couple years ago and beings the collector is deceased I have no background on what it is or where it came from. It has a nice arching sweep to it and is rather thin. It has been broken recently, before I acquired it, and shows signs of carbonization inside as well as outside.what do you think it belongs to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Herb Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 possibly a dugong rib 1 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagacious Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Hi Gerry, your fossil appears to me to be a fin-ray from Leedsichthys, or a similar pachycormid fish. Here's a photo for comparison and a link to get you pointed in the right direction: http://www.natural-history-conservation.com/leedsichthys.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Hi Gerry, You sent me shots of this mystery last September and we had a very interesting discussion about this thing. I won't muddy this discussion yet with what we talked about because I am curious to see where this goes on the Forum. Great idea to post it here: this is a very eclectic group of highly experienced fossil identifiers and probably the best place possible to show it to many knowledgeable eyes! Fingers crossed! -Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Beitler Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Thanks for the input. I will start researching your ideas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Great photos, Gerry. Just what is needed to help reach an ID. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 3 hours ago, JohnJ said: Great photos, Gerry. Just what is needed to help reach an ID. " The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true." I suspect that isn't true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Beitler Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Carl- Please feel free to muddy them waters any old time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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