ZenMachine Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Hi once again all My 6 year old Son came across this on the beach while we were out walking. Looks like an old vertebrae with a stone wedged in it? Any ideas appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenMachine Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 East coast of Northern Ireland if useful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Hi, It is the end of a big and long bone. @Harry Pristis Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 It looks like a metatarsus distal end of a land mammal like Bos, to me, but I could be wrong. 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 distal metacarpal also a possibility??? 606 × 288 BOVINE METACARPAL SHOWING PATHOLOGY Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsandScience Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 It looks like the end of a mammal distal metacarpal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 43 minutes ago, minnbuckeye said: distal metacarpal also a possibility??? 606 × 288 BOVINE METACARPAL SHOWING PATHOLOGY Mike I agree with this. Nice photo find, Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Yes, it is the epiphysis (growth plate) of a large artiodactyl metapodial, for sure. 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...
minnbuckeye Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Not the growth plate (epiphyseal plate) but the epiphysis (distal to the growth plate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 5 hours ago, minnbuckeye said: Not the growth plate (epiphyseal plate) but the epiphysis (distal to the growth plate) You are correct. There remains only the impression of the area the epiphysial (growth) plate occupied -- sandwiched between the epiphysis and the body (shaft) of the bone. 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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