What is this?

[Sarahjane216]

I found this at Brownies beach in MD over the weekend. Not really sure what it is...Can anyone identify it?

 

[GeschWhat]

Interesting! 

[Bone guy]

A tiny foot  

[ynot]

Can not tell from the blurry pictures.

Can You retake the pictures with the object ste on a solid surface rather than in Your hand?

[Fossildude19]

I cropped and enlarged a few photos:

 

    

[sixgill pete]

Good close up in focus pictures of the item on a neutral background would go a long way in helping it get identified. Using your hand for scale is not good, as we do not know the size of your hand. Giving a good measurements will help. Also pics of all sides from all angles. Please read some of the pinned topic on helping to get get your finds identified.

[Sarahjane216]

I'll have to repost later, I had someone take the pictures for me while I was at work. Stay tuned!

[Innocentx]

All I can think of is holdfast, possibly of a bryozoan or crinoid, but I'm probably wrong. Looking forward to good photos.

[FossilDAWG]

A very tiny moose head?

 

The photos make any ID speculative, but I'm reminded of a shark denticle.

 

Don

[Moozillion]

50 minutes ago, Bone guy said:

A tiny foot  

[Moozillion]

10 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said:

A very tiny moose head?

 

The photos make any ID speculative, but I'm reminded of a shark denticle.

 

Don

[ynot]

47 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said:

 a shark denticle.

According to @MarcoSr shark denticles are less than 1 millimeter (except bramble sharks), so this would be a ray if it is a denticle.

[FossilDAWG]

5 minutes ago, ynot said:

According to @MarcoSr shark denticles are less than 1 millimeter (except bramble sharks), so this would be a ray if it is a denti cal.

So, too small for a moose, too big for a shark denticle?

 

Actually I was thinking of bramble shark, but the photo quality doesn't justify such a specific ID.

 

Don

[Sarahjane216]

Here are some new pictures...Let me know what you all think! 

[Auspex]

I think it has to be an elasmobranch dermal denticle, but cannot help refine the search.

[KimTexan]

[Sarahjane216]

I mean it looks like a tiny foot to me haha but I would love to know what it really is 

[sixgill pete]

I am thinking it could be a male Raja sp.tooth. but with out good in focus CLOSE up pictures I cannot say that for sure. When I enlarge your pics they become to blurry to be sure. It would be on the large side for this, but not unprecedented.

[Sarahjane216]

I can try to take a closer up picture later...I have to figure out what this is haha

[sixgill pete]

@Sarahjane216 Also if you read the pinned topics, using U.S. coins for scale is not helping out our international members. People in France or Australia or China probably have no idea what the size of a U.S. quarter is. Taking a measurement of each dimension or at least an approximate measurement is best. And using the metric system allows all members to know the size. Remember only the U.S. and a small handful of other countries Do Not use the metric system.

 

I really do think your item is a male Raja sp. tooth. But good views of it from several angles could confirm or dismiss this.

 

[Sarahjane216]

@sixgill pete I am aware of who uses the metric system...It was what I had handy at the time. I plan on taking better pictures later today.

 

 

[Sarahjane216]

Here is a picture I zoomed in on and edited so you all could see the shapes...still planning on taking better pictures with a different camera...just didn't get around to it yet. 

 

 

[ynot]

Definitely a ray dentiical, broken and very worn.

[Al Dente]

Here's a similar one.

[sixgill pete]

Thanks for the new pic. Yep, definitely a denticle as Ynot and Al Dente said. My instinct was wrong, but the close up picture showed what it was.