ellyjaye Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 I wish I had a clue here! I am the nature and wildlife person people come to to identify live things. So now I need someone to help me ascertain if there are fossils in here. This is a soft, porous stone that was in a bed of ornamental river rocks, near the St. Lucie River, in Martin county, FL. When I grabbed it I thought it was an owl pellet. But it's a rock. Is that a jaw in there? and bones...? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 I need more focused pictures, but I wonder if it looks like a crab claw or fish jaw up close? The longer arcing part looks like a cross section through a clam shell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellyjaye Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share Posted July 6, 2018 Thanks so much for the quick reply. Let me try to get a better picture and hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Welcome to TFF! Your "jaw" is the articulating area of a clam shell. The other pieces are also bits of clam shell. The brown areas could be calcite or agate (simple hardness test will tell which). 1 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...
ellyjaye Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share Posted July 6, 2018 Thanks. For the fossil-uneducated, they are like clouds. I see what I think I see, my brain strives to make sense of it. BUT, YNOT, I don't see how the serrated part is any part of a clam. And I see it is not a jaw () because I've seen and handled maxilla and mandibles. Thank you. EJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 2 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...
ellyjaye Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share Posted July 6, 2018 Thanks YNOT. I've been rolling through clam images on Google. Now I am hungry! Cheers! EJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Cool find though, whatever it is On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 I agree with clam hinge. “...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...
ellyjaye Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 Thanks, Fossil Guys. Maybe someday I'll find something really interesting. Are these fossils in there or just impacted shell pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 5 minutes ago, ellyjaye said: Are these fossils in there or just impacted shell pieces? They would be fossil since they are in rock. 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...
ellyjaye Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 I found fossils!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 10 hours ago, ellyjaye said: I found fossils!!! Hip. hip hooray!!!! 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...
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