Jazfossilator Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 another find from one of my past visits to Myrtle beach South Carolina, I have no clue on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Part of a crab in a phosphate nodule piece.(?) 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...
Jazfossilator Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, ynot said: Part of a crab in a phosphate nodule piece.(?) Unlike any crab bit I've ever seen but I won't rule it out! Thanks for the suggestion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Looks a bit like a ganoid scale, with the shiny bumps being the enamel. I'd wait for someone who knows more about it than I do. 8 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 The marginal conchoidal fractures lead me to think that it's not a phosphatic nodule. 3 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 It looks crabby to me 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazfossilator Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 16 minutes ago, GeschWhat said: Looks a bit like a ganoid scale, with the shiny bumps being the enamel. I'd wait for someone who knows more about it than I do. Now that, I can see. pretty sure there's no crab involved here but that's based on my own crab finds from the same area and of course my gut feeling thanks for all the suggestions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 40 minutes ago, GeschWhat said: Looks a bit like a ganoid scale, with the shiny bumps being the enamel. I'd wait for someone who knows more about it than I do. maybe something like this? 5 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazfossilator Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, abyssunder said: maybe something like this? I'm thinking it could be just a very worn one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, abyssunder said: maybe something like this? Yep, I think @GeschWhat nailed it. Very worn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazfossilator Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 Likely from some kind of Gar fish based on what I've seen online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Definitely fish scale. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Another vote for gar scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 The comparative picture I've posted shows Alligator Gar scales, if I remember correctly. 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Looks like the gar scales I have as well. +1 for gar. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 More scales for comparison: 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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