Hipockets Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Any idea what this might be ? Boney fish vert frag ? Found in NE Cape Fear River in SE North Carolina . This site has produced Oligocene, Eocene, and Cretaceous fossils. The scale is mm. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone guy Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Hmm I'm thinking either man made, or a fish skull cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Looks metallic to me 1 ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmayshun Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 prehistoric pop top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Reminds me of a beetle carapace. 1 Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Tiny watch repair wrench. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipockets Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 Thanks for all the remarks, but it is definitely fossil bone of some sort. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Please verify for us that it is not attracted to a magnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipockets Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 Confirmed , It is not magnetic. It does not float. It does not burn. It has no flavor. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taogan Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 It looks like cast metal to me, maybe a non ferrous alloy. Some sort of connector? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipockets Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 how about a cross section of a small lizard vert ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipockets Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 Taogan, I did lightly drag it across a fine file, it is not metal or alloy. It is bone or shell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Hipockets said: Taogan, I did lightly drag it across a fine file, it is not metal or alloy. It is bone or shell. Then I would go with fish skull part. 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...
old bones Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 What about crustacean? I can almost see this as a crab bit or lobster... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Super interesting! Can you post larger photo of the first or last view so we are able to zoom in on it? 1 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 I responded to Hipockets earlier in a private email but I thought I would respond here too. My guess is this is part of a crab dactyl. I think the straight part is where it inserts into the crab claw and the holes are where the mineralized bumps on the dactyl have been dissolved away. It looks like the whole thing has been replaced by phosphatic minerals. Here's a comparison claw photo that is from the Fossil Forum. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Once again Al nails it! I looked at this thing for quite a while and thought it was a piece of bony fish. Hipockets certainly knows a fossil from a man made object by the way, but realize ya'll need to ask. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Great work to figure this out, @Al Dente! "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Innocentx said: Great work to figure this out, @Al Dente! I second that! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Ha! I thought it looked like a bit of crab! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 14 hours ago, old bones said: Ha! I thought it looked like a bit of crab! more power to you! You must have experience looking in lag deposits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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