Italo Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 hello everyone, I need your help to identify this vertebra. it comes from Italy, in particular from Castell'Arquato, region Emilia-Romagna. this area is famous for cetacea, who lived there when the area was under the sea (in pliocene). can anyone help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italo Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 regarding measures, 1 centimeter corresponds to 0,393701 inch thank you, Italo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Welcome to ! It looks like a small cetacean vert. Maybe from a porpoise. 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...
Italo Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 oh yes, that's possible. in fact some porpoises? have been discovered and thery are now exposed in the local museum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Take it to the museum and see if they are the same. Let Us know what the result is, please. 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...
Italo Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 yes, I will do. the only problem is that in Italy it's not possible to dig fossils... but I think that I won't find difficultes. thank you, Italo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Lumbar vertebra of an unidentified odontocete, unlikely to be a porpoise (Phocoenidae) since fossils of these have never been reported. Oceanic dolphins (Delphinidae) are the most common odontocete fossils in the Italian Pliocene. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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