Brazos River, Texas - unknown fossils

[Mike Price]

I don't know what these fossils are. But my observation is.

 

The 3 biggest fossils have a dense soft sponge center (florist type sponge) and glass shells. The first 3 also have a sharp edges.

 

The other 3 show the deterioration/transition process. #4 has lost most of the soft sponge core. #5-6 are solid fossil.

 

They kinda look like some type of digging claws.

 

What are they?

 

 

 

[Mike Price]

[Mike Price]

[Mike Price]

It seems everyone is speechless about the 6 fossils above. So here's 4 more unknown cores of the same type.

 

What are they?

 

 

 

 

 

[Mike Price]

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[GeschWhat]

The bottom one in the top group reminds me of a cuttlebone. I'm not suggesting that it is, just that is what it looks like. The others just look like worn bone to me. Best I can do, but I am far, far, far from being an expert in this type of thing. Hope you get responses from people who actually know something! 

[Mike Price]

Thanks, GeschWhat.... I do too. I have other unknown bones.

[Mike Price]

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[JohnJ]

MIke, compare your last find to some in this topic. 

 

7 minutes ago, Mike Price said:

Thanks, GeschWhat.... I do too. I have other unknown bones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[garyc]

First off, welcome to the forum to a fellow Brazos hunter. Now to the bones. I  think better pics would help a little. Not a lot, but a little. I don't see anything claw like in any of the groupings. The first group just looks like bone shards; and that's if they are all actually bone. Hard to tell from the pics. The second group may contain some carpal bones from something bovid sized; but that's just a guess. I agree w/ Johnj that the last 2 look like femur heads. Try posting individual pics of the ones you really want feedback on. Sometimes group pics are too jumbled and each bone may not get the attention you want it to.

[Mike Price]

Thanks, garyc for the advice and thanks JohnJ for the link. I posted group pictures of the top fossils to show their relationship and transition. Here's a picture of the biggest fossil. There's no doubt that it's a fossil of some type. 

[Mike Price]

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[abyssunder]

The last one looks like a 'tilly bone' without the ends.

 

[Fossildude19]

Who knew that Chunk-o-saurus was so prevalent at that site.  

Regards, 

[Mike Price]

Thanks abyssunder..... Maybe so. They might be a new/another type tilly. I have a big fat 4" monster and 20 small tilly bones, some different than others, and they all resemble each other on both sides. None really resemble the 6 fossils, in transition. They have a different shape and core all together. Here is some of my small tillys.

 

 

 

 

 

[abyssunder]

I'm not specialized in this domain, but hyperostosed bones might vary in size and shape, also they could be developed only on one side, but having (somehow) bilateral symmetry. They're sometimes almost unrecognizable due to the possible quantum of deformation. I think, the following picture and thread could exemplify what I'm referring to.

 

 

[Mike Price]

Thanks again, abyssunder. You know more about all of it, than me. I've surfed a lot of threads in this forum and have seen and learned a little. Im digging in buckets because I've been able to finally identify what bones they are. I've been collecting bones for almost 40yrs. I have a huge collection of fossils/bones and I could post pics every day for the rest of year. I'm not a Chunk-o-saurus. When I lay out buckets of bones, I match them up. That's why I usually take group photos. Anyway... Thanks again. 

[Mike Price]

Moving on....

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