Fossiljones Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Hi All, While diving South Carolina rivers, I've collected a group of bones which seem to have the same general characteristics: Roughly hourglass shaped, tapering lengthwise (like a doorstop), most have perceptible grooves if viewed from the correct angle. Are these just random bone frags that coincidentally eroded to roughly the same shape? Or can they be identified to a specific body part such as an ankle or foot ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Many of them resemble random pieces of a broken mammal skull. Not sure if it cetacean or terrestrial animal. Have you tried to fit any of them together? Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossiljones Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, SailingAlongToo said: Many of them resemble random pieces of a broken mammal skull. Not sure if it cetacean or terrestrial animal. Have you tried to fit any of them together? No, they don't fit together. These were not all recovered from a single site, but rather from multiple sites over many years. I don't think any are related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossiljones Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 I think the first photo I posted was too washed out, and included too many pieces to convey the actual similarity between the pieces. Here are a couple better shots: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 These are incomplete fragments of baleen whale parietal and squamosal bones. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossiljones Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Boesse said: These are incomplete fragments of baleen whale parietal and squamosal bones. Boesse: Thank you! I'm happy to finally know what these things are! Of course I've been Googling "whale parietal and squamosal bones", since I read your reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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