Gtrex0823 Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 This fossil was found by my uncle on the beaches of Onslow county in North Carolina. The fossil is roughly 18-19 inches long and 3-4 inches in width at its base. Any help is appreciated, ty.j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 IDK, but it is cool/ "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtrex0823 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 55 minutes ago, Herb said: IDK, but it is cool/ Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 The only thing this reminded me of was a very odd beach find from Block Island, RI, sent to me in 2004. Our ichthyology curator IDed is merely as "a type of tail bone of a very large fish." See attached photo. But it could also be a knot from a petrified tree. Can you provide extreme close-ups of the texture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 @Boesse might have an idea. Initially I thought wood, but the second image from the top on the right hand side seems to show symmetrical sutures, as if this was some sort of a rostrum or similar elongated skeletal structure. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 When the piece is dry, could you try burning it? The result of that might help us determine what kind of thing we're dealing with... Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Carl said: The only thing this reminded me of was a very odd beach find from Block Island, RI, sent to me in 2004. Our ichthyology curator IDed is merely as "a type of tail bone of a very large fish." See attached photo. But it could also be a knot from a petrified tree. Can you provide extreme close-ups of the texture? My first impression was hyperostosic bone also. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtrex0823 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 Here are a couple pictures that show similar symmetry that @FossilDAWG was talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtrex0823 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 Here are a couple close ups of the texture @Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 The new photos convince me that we have a bone here, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Giant sized tilly bone(?). 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...
Gtrex0823 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, ynot said: Giant sized tilly bone(?). What is a tilly bone exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, Gtrex0823 said: What is a tilly bone exactly? An overgrown bone in a bony fish. 2 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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