Ssquared04 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I recently found this at Westmoreland State Park (Virginia) near the Potomac River. It just looked weird to me so I kept it. I'm fairly new to fossil hunting so I am unsure if it is a fossil. Thanks you in advance for any help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Welcome to TFF! Not sure here, but it could be part of a cetacean (whale/dolphin) ear bone (very worn). 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...
Fossildude19 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Welcome to the Forum. Maybe @Boesse can have a look at it. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssquared04 Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 Thank you for all of the responses so far! I appreciate the help and insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 It looks like a very worn piece of odontocete periotic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 This is indeed the anterior process of a dolphin periotic - likely to be a squalodelphinid or eurhinodelphinid dolphin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssquared04 Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 I appreciate all the responses! Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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