Florida Peace River unknown

[Sacha]

August is my month to catalog my fossils from the previous 12 months and summarize them in the required report to the Univ. of Florida so that my fossil permit can be renewed. As I grouped my stuff together, I found a few unknowns, mostly fragmentary, that I'd appreciate a little help with. This first one, I think, is pretty cool looking and appears to be complete.  I'm not going to mess with the fragmentary stuff, since most of them aren't display worthy.

 

Here's the little cool one from front, back and side.

 

 

 

 

 

[ynot]

Tilly bone is My first thought.

[Fossildude19]

My first thought as well. 

[Sacha]

38 minutes ago, ynot said:

Tilly bone is My first thought.

 

I've got about a hundred tilly bones Tony and none of them have any texture to them.......all are flat finish and basically featureless. This guy is very hard and shiny as you can see, with those axial creases that really puzzle me. I was thinking more like a weird osteoderm or ?

[Cris]

I think I'm also going with some sort of hyperostotic fish bone ("tilly bone").

Here's some found and posted by forum member @Al Dente in another thread.


 

[Sacha]

Thanks Cris. All 3 of you guys are better at this than I am so I shouldn't fight it!

[Shellseeker]

3 hours ago, Cris said:

I think I'm also going with some sort of hyperostotic fish bone ("tilly bone").

Here's some found and posted by forum member @Al Dente in another thread.


 

Cris,

Back in 2015, I found a Tilly in the Myakka.  I always try to identify every fossil in as much detail as possible.  The Tilly on the right seems identical. I am curious on whether @Al Dente has identified the fish.

 

John, when I saw this fossil which I have never seen previously,  I thought fossilized seed might be a candidate. I have found fossilized wood, tree roots... why not a seed. If Tillybone from the Peace, I have never seen one like it.

[Al Dente]

1 hour ago, Shellseeker said:

Cris,

Back in 2015, I found a Tilly in the Myakka.  I always try to identify every fossil in as much detail as possible.  The Tilly on the right seems identical. I am curious on whether @Al Dente has identified the fish.

 

I don't know what fish my Tilly bones are from. They are from recent fish skeletons that I found on Grand Isle in Louisiana many weeks after the Deep Water Horizon oil spill. I've read that hyperostosed bones are common in several types of jacks. 

[Plantguy]

Hey John, I've got one partial that is similar to yours somewhere. Never did figure out what it was. glad to have an answer. Most of the tillys I do have dont have that distinct pattern but it doesnt surprise me that it is one. Lots of strange ones. Regards, Chris  

[sagacious]

Not a tilly bone, it's a worn mobula or manta ray caudal spine.  

 

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