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Bone fragment - Miocene - Maryland

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racerzeke New Member

racerzeke

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Hello all!

 

I have what I believe to be a bone fragment from the Calvert Cliffs area of Maryland. I tried to compare to various vertebrae and other bones online but considering this is a fragment I didn't have too much luck and figured the experts around here might help!

 

"Rear" face:

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"Top:"

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"Bottom:"

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"Front" face:

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I could be mistaken but it just has the weight and feel of something other than wood or whatnot. There is quite a bit of gunk still on it that I will try to work off. The groove on the front and the "wings" definitely make me think it is a bone of some kind.

 

Thanks again!

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D.N.FossilmanLithuania Regular Member

D.N.FossilmanLithuania

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It is the main body of vertebra, probably whale or dolphin. Cenozoic in age. :)

 

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Miocene_Mason Regular Member

Miocene_Mason

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I’d put my money on odontocete as well.

“...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

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