Becky Benfer Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Not sure what this is ? Anyone know ? Thanks for your help ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusFossils Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Welcome to the Forum! Not a clue what that is though Marc Website: https://www.instagram.com/paleo_archives/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- “It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.” ― Edgar Allan Poe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Welcome to the Forum. I think it is a piece of fish skull. Maybe the distal part that attaches to the vertebrae? Wait for some other replies, though. Regards, @Al Dente @MarcoSr Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becky Benfer Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 Thank you! Found it a few years ago hunting for shark teeth. Was hoping someone might know on here ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I am thinking fish skull as well. Pretty Great White tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I agree with fish skull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I also think it is part of a fish skull but I've never seen one shaped like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Those two round objects look like bullas to me. That would suggest mammalian. Anyone else see it? ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Maybe it's a hyperostosed fish skull. Maybe that's the reason why it looks strange. " 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...
Becky Benfer Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 What type of fish might it of come from ? Any certain one you are thinking of ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Definitely looks like a skull. It doesn't look like any fish skull that I've seen before. Might be mammal. I would send pictures or take it to your local museum. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becky Benfer Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 Thank you very much for all of your time and helpful information ! I will definately try to find further information related to this find, as my interest has increased after reading your posts! Much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 21 hours ago, abyssunder said: Maybe it's a hyperostosed fish skull. Maybe that's the reason why it looks strange. I'm liking this identification. If the bulbous parts are removed it looks like most other bony fish basicranials? found at Myrtle Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Maybe. Hyperostosis can change drastically the shape of a bone. It looks close to the tilly bones from this older topic: " 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...
Becky Benfer Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 May I ask........ is this a fossil ? Im sure i should know but im reading that tilly is a bone as is part of the fish skull. So now im wondering if its fossil or bone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 From the appearance of it I would say yes it is a fossil, but it is hard to be sure from a picture. If You tap it with a metal object a sharp tink means it is rock, a dull tone means most likely a recent bone. 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...
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