Momsconfused Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Any idea where these marks came from? They are perfectly round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Are these 2 pics of the same piece? Can you get more pics at some different angles? Where was this found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 If it is indeed bone, it would most likely be a worn joint which need to be round and smooth for proper movement. Evolution is very good at what it does most of the time, and sometimes it likes things perfect. 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Momsconfused Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 Interesting. You think a joint would be ribbed like that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momsconfused Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 Oh and we found it on main beach Amelia island Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 It does look like bone but I have no idea what from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 I think it is a piece of slag or less likely a piece of volcanic rock. Does not look right for 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...
Momsconfused Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 Definitely bone or shell (turtle) That I know. Given the location and porous nature. It matches all other bones found. The line you see on the third photo down, right side, makes me think turtle however the other turtle pieces I have found are thinner. Thank you for lookin at it. The “threads” are what I found most interesting and confusing. Maybe it is just a weird joint! The photos do make it look like rock though. Lighting was hard to get right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagacious Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 6 hours ago, Momsconfused said: Any idea where these marks came from? They are perfectly round Very nice find! This item appears to be a partial cetacean periotic bone -- part of a bone in the inner ear of a whale. The concentric grooves are the coiling of the cochlear canal. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 3 minutes ago, sagacious said: This item appears to be a partial cetacean periotic bone -- part of a bone in the inner ear of a whale. The concentric grooves are the coiling of the cochlear canal. I can see that. Would also explain the odd appearance of the "bone". 1 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...
Innocentx Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 13 hours ago, sagacious said: This item appears to be a partial cetacean periotic bone -- part of a bone in the inner ear of a whale. @sagacious You have figured this one out! I found this to back you up. 2 "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momsconfused Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share Posted November 14, 2017 Wow thank you for the update. That’s very cool!! It’s going in our pER mamas collection for sure now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momsconfused Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 Permanent not per mamas ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I do like per mammas. That's a nice find, to find a cochlea bone in a so good state of preservation is a luck, because it is a very fragile and very thin bone. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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