Tilly Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I found this on the beach on Manasota Key ,FL looking for sharks teeth. There is a piece of bone attached underneath.Turtle or alligator ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Welcome to the Forum. I'm not seeing any bone texture to this item - to me, it looks like a strange rock. Regards, 1 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...
ynot Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Welcome to TFF! I agree with Tim. 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...
Tilly Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 No rock...let me pic more .another view below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 What about this tells you it isn't a rock? 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...
Tilly Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 11 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: What about this tells you it isn't a rock? Never seen a rock with scale like details..better picture showing this on top of the "rock"..lower right corner was the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 Better pics of the bone portion...the underside and top look so different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 The white area looks like a silt stone, the black is an iron oxide on the silt stone and the "folded" part looks like chert. These rocks are commonly found together. Do not see anything that looks like a bone. Tony 1 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...
Tilly Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, ynot said: The white area looks like a silt stone, the black is an iron oxide on the silt stone and the "folded" part looks like chert. These rocks are commonly found together. Do not see anything that looks like a bone. Tony Ok Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, Tilly said: Ok Thanks It is a suggestive shape and I can see why You would think it is bone. Good luck on the hunt! 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...
Tilly Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 17 hours ago, ynot said: It is a suggestive shape and I can see why You would think it is bone. Good luck on the hunt! Tony Update...I sent the same photos via text to the University of Florida's Fossil div. They said it was a fossil and looked like a piece of mastadon tooth, but they couldn't be sure because of the condition of the specimen. ID was prob better viewing in an email. Just wanted to let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Hmm. I suppose it could be part of a root, with part of a dental plate attached. I would never have thought that from the pictures, though. Congratulations. Regards, I do wonder what @Harry Pristis, or @JohnJ , @Cris, @PrehistoricFlorida can say about this piece? 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...
Harry Pristis Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said: Hmm. I suppose it could be part of a root, with part of a dental plate attached. I would never have thought that from the pictures, though. Congratulations. Regards, I do wonder what @Harry Pristis, or @JohnJ , @Cris, @PrehistoricFlorida can say about this piece? I have no opinion on the object . . . except . . . I don't think anyone who knows anything at the FSM would spell "mastodon" with two a's. My first thought was about mammoth enamel; but, there are some objects that defy identification from images. 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Tilly said: Update...I sent the same photos via text to the University of Florida's Fossil div. They said it was a fossil and looked like a piece of mastadon tooth, but they couldn't be sure because of the condition of the specimen. ID was prob better viewing in an email. Just wanted to let you know. They know the rock and fossils of Florida much better than I do. Congratulations! 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...
Tilly Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 12 minutes ago, Harry Pristis said: I have no opinion on the object . . . except . . . I don't think anyone who knows anything at the FSM would spell "mastodon" with two a's. My first thought was about mammoth enamel; but, there are some objects that defy identification from images. My bad on the spelling. Mr Richard Hulbert, Jr. from FS spelled mastodon correctly in his reply to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 In my thought, I couldn't rule out a worn 'tilly bone' (hyperostotic process of a fish bone). 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, abyssunder said: In my thought, I couldn't rule out a worn 'tilly bone' (hyperostotic process of a fish bone). I agree !!! Looking at pics on the web , I see similarities in several. Especially the sharp protrudence it has underneath. I had to laugh that it is called "tilly" like me.. :) Thank you for sharing this information ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Tilly bones come in a wide variety of shapes, but they are always made of a consistent material -- fish bone or, specifically, mineralized fish bone. This mystery object appears to consist of TWO materials of different hardness. 3 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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