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Oregon Coast Specimen- any help is appreciated!


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When I first removed sections of it I had a hunch of a possible squid shell, but I have never been able to commit myself to an ID so any help however minuscule is greatly appreciated!

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Even if you can just point me in the general type of fossil is appreciated.

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10 minutes ago, Boesse said:

Where's it from? What's the formation?

It is from the Oregon Coast from Beverly Beach, the formation is the Astoria Formation. My guess is Miocene age.

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I would say this is probably a piece of petrified wood or less likely a bone. It looks to straight to be a bone but you never know. I know they have found whale bones in that formation.

 

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Just now, Vball said:

I would say this is probably a piece of petrified wood or less likely a bone. It looks to straight to be a bone but you never know. I know they have found whale bones in that formation.

 

I had though about bone too, my only issue with wood is the odd structure of it and it seemed to have like a shell crust, but thanks for the input!

 

More photos if yall need them.

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I wonder if it is a clam burrow maybe filled in and fossilized. I agree doesn't look like wood on the bottom part. Interesting what ever it is. Nice find!!!

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Huh that would be interesting, and thanks! I am hopeful I can figure out what it is, very grateful for the input!

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25 minutes ago, doushantuo said:

Bit of fossilized methane seep,I think

This seems like a valid lead due to results from a search thanks for letting me know!

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Ahh... methane seep? A methane seep just looks like a concretion. This is just an old-fashioned bone. Could you please post a photograph of the bone in cross-section?

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2 hours ago, RJB said:

Looks very much like a rib bone to me?

 

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Bone would be very interesting, though I would have to surrender the specimen if so. Only issue is its very straight, not curved whatsoever. I know they do pull whale bones from the area, there was even a mosasaur recovered there a while back. I will definitely have to look into it being a bone.

3 hours ago, Boesse said:

Ahh... methane seep? A methane seep just looks like a concretion. This is just an old-fashioned bone. Could you please post a photograph of the bone in cross-section?

Will do as soon as I get home.

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12 hours ago, doushantuo said:

Bit of fossilized methane seep,I think

I'm curious...where did that idea come from. Are you thinking feeder pipe?

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13 minutes ago, RJB said:

How about some photos of some of the ends on those pieces?

 

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I will send as soon as i get home from sccool.

2 hours ago, RJB said:

Looks very much like a rib bone to me?

 

RB

Rib bone seems to be a viable option, would be a great find as Oregon has found very minimal vertebrae fossils. By the way these pictures offline look very much like my specimens.

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I went to Beverly beach many years ago and my then 8 year old son found a rock with a partial skull in it.  I think i donated that to the Sierra Nevada natural History Museum? 

 

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4 minutes ago, RJB said:

I went to Beverly beach many years ago and my then 8 year old son found a rock with a partial skull in it.  I think i donated that to the Sierra Nevada natural History Museum? 

 

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Huh good to know, this was my first time there and my first time extracting fossils myself ever. If i am pretty sure it is a rib I will contact probably the University of Oregon due to the rarity of vertebrate fossils in Oregon.

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12 minutes ago, JohnBrewer said:

Certainly looks like some bone I have. As has been said images of the ends are needed. 

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Heres the end of a segment

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Heres a second one sorry its blurry, best i can do for now, but it does show the coloring better.

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Hmm not sure because of the images. Put the 'thing' down so you're not holding it and try and take a more steady shot. Shooting outside will help you a lot because of increased brightness. Alternatively if you've got some sticky tac (we call it blu-tac here, dunno about where you are) and try and mount the end on a regular flatbed scanner. Cover the rest of the scanning area with some dark fabric and scan at a high resolution. If your 'thing' is fragile it's your call if you want to try this. A good image of the end will really help with id. 

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12 minutes ago, JohnBrewer said:

Hmm not sure because of the images. Put the 'thing' down so you're not holding it and try and take a more steady shot. Shooting outside will help you a lot because of increased brightness. Alternatively if you've got some sticky tac (we call it blu-tac here, dunno about where you are) and try and mount the end on a regular flatbed scanner. Cover the rest of the scanning area with some dark fabric and scan at a high resolution. If your 'thing' is fragile it's your call if you want to try this. A good image of the end will really help with id. 

Thanks for the advice, I had my brother take it as i am not currently home, but as soon as i get home i will try for it.

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Hmm, not sure yet. In the earlier photos it definitely looks like bone. If it were a rib I'd expect it to be curved. One other possibility - especially if the bone is very, very thin and hollow - would be a Pelagornis humerus.

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