Ancient Bones Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 I found this fossil on Edisto Beach, S.C. last week while on vacation with old bones. We are not sure what it is. Any help would be appreciated. ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Maybe a part of a fish skull? Wait for more opinions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 I agree, It looks to me like a bit of a fish skull. 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...
Fruitbat Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 With that shape, I'm going to venture a guess and say it may be a lungfish mouth plate. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 1 hour ago, Fruitbat said: With that shape, I'm going to venture a guess and say it may be a lungfish mouth plate. -Joe Whoa! That would be very cool. I don't know that any Cretaceous material has been found on that beach. It looks rather symmetrical as well... hmmm. We sure would like for you to be correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 3 hours ago, Vieira said: Maybe a part of a fish skull? Wait for more opinions... Thank you , that was our first thought. 3 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: I agree, It looks to me like a bit of a fish skull. Thanks Tim. ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyg Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 4 hours ago, old bones said: Whoa! That would be very cool. I don't know that any Cretaceous material has been found on that beach. It looks rather symmetrical as well... hmmm. We sure would like for you to be correct. There shouldn't be Cretaceous material there. The main beach was recently renourished, finishing in May of this year, but the borrow site was just offshore of the beach and there shouldn't be anything older than Oligocene possible on the island. I've seen some really nice Pleistocene mammal stuff from there. The biologists at Botany Bay have collected some excellent bison, mammoth, gomphothere and sloth material after the storms of the last couple years (of course, collecting fossils is not allowed by the general public on Botany Bay). G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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