cayosusa Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Found yesterday in Peace River. I guess scapula of something. Would you please ID. TY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoMike Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Can't help with ID... but I'm not sure that's a scapula. Looks more like a pelvic element to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cayosusa Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Well that's a good start! thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Not a scap... I think it might be a piece of skull,based on the suture I see in the last photo, and the fact that it is very complex. I tried to make a vert out of it, but naaaah. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 I was on the vert path too but the last pic doesn't seem to fit. I'm curious what others have to say on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 That suture also caught my eye. Consider the possibility that it belongs to a gator skull . . . possibly the quadratojugal, but that's just a guess. 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...
cayosusa Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Brought it to my fossil club and no one could ID. Some thought part of ear bone...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace river rat Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 10 hours ago, cayosusa said: Brought it to my fossil club and no one could ID. Some thought part of ear bone...... I hate mystery fossils, it drives me nuts until I get it figured out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Looking forward to hearing what this proves to be...I hate unknowns too. JP/Harry's thoughts are intriguing and I always look forward to their insights. Ear bone components are certainly really oddly/weird shaped things and this specimen seems really well preserved. Maybe Bobby will take a look/shed some light/eliminate/confirm JP/Harrys thoughts or propose marine mammal petrosal as Rick has suggested. and then unless someone else recognizes it precisely then maybe pick Dr.Hulberts brain. Someone will figure this out! I've got a much less well preserved scrap that is driving me equally crazy...lol...wishing you a firm ID success. Interesting find! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 I see part of a mammal skull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 This is an exoccipital of some kind of ungulate, and is a particularly close match for a pig. Peccaries do not appear to have the enlarged mastoid process, which is the funny rod that is sticking off; the articular surface is the occipital condyle. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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