ilzho Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I found this in aurora fossil mine, late 70's. I was a young kid at the time and found this in many, many pieces. I remember digging all around finding what I could. I'm sure I wasn't as thorough as I needed to be, but oh well..... Over the years I have never been able to properly Id this. It looks like a long beaked whale or porpoise jaw. The closest thing I can find online is a Ninoziphius Platyrostris. As always your helps is greatly appreciated..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Nice find!! @Boesse should see this. 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...
Darktooth Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Nice find! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Looks like that, but I'm not on expert on this. Here's a reference to compare with: O. Lambert et al.The most basal beaked whale Ninoziphius platyrostris Muizon, 1983: clues on the evolutionary history of the family Ziphiidae (Cetacea: Odontoceti). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2013, 167, 569–598. " 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...
Boesse Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Hey all, Probably Odontoceti indet. It does kinda look like Ninoziphius, but then again it could be one of several other odontocetes including Messapicetus (another ziphiid), Goniodelphis (Iniidae), or some other iniid or ziphiid. @abyssunder - I appreciate what you're trying to do but that photograph is a cross-section of the mandible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilzho Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Thanks everyone. I realize it's very challenging to id just from pics. Here is what I found on the NC fossil club website, from Aurora, NC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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