Anomotodon Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 An unidentified bone-like specimen from Wealden supergroup, Hastings subgroup (Cretaceous, Valanginian). Scalebar 1 cm. Looks like a medium-size reptile bone, but which bone and which reptile (if it actually is a reptile)? Any help would be very appreciated. The Tooth Fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 I'm not sure there's much diagnostic detail to determine much. Can you tell if it's flat or round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 It’s too thick to be therapod, that’s where my usefulness ends though. “...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...
Anomotodon Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 3 hours ago, Troodon said: I'm not sure there's much diagnostic detail to determine much. Can you tell if it's flat or round? It's flat. I think it could have been hollow and then compressed post-mortally. I don't know about therapods, but it's definitely not a shark - texture is different from the typical cartilage structure, for example, compared to the texture of hybodont cephalic claspers from the same place. The Tooth Fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Could be a rib but croc or dinosaurian but beyond that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomotodon Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 Thanks, that's definitely better than just "a bone". By the way, could it be a part of the lower jaw? The Tooth Fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, Anomotodon said: could it be a part of the lower jaw? Can You see any tooth sockets? If it is part of a mandible the tooth sockets should be visible. 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...
Anomotodon Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, ynot said: Can You see any tooth sockets? If it is part of a mandible the tooth sockets should be visible. I thought about angular/surangular bones, they shouldn't have tooth sockets. The Tooth Fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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