Volknstein Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Hello, I am helping a friend identify this fossilized vertebrae that she found on the SE NC on the beach. It is heavy and cold to the touch it feels like stone to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Welcome to the forum! It's a small mammal vertebra, I'm thinking maybe a really small cetacean? 2 If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Agree with small (most likely young) cetacean. Fossil yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolevfab Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Doesnt look like cetacean... this rings Mosasaur fairly clearly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 3 hours ago, dolevfab said: Doesnt look like cetacean... this rings Mosasaur fairly clearly! Not too likely, as the sediments in the area are too young to produce Cretaceous fossils. @Boesse 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...
SailingAlongToo Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 2 hours ago, dolevfab said: Doesnt look like cetacean... this rings Mosasaur fairly clearly! @dolevfab What makes you think Mosasaur, especially since you threw out "fairly clearly"???? Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 To me, this looks like a cetacean lumbar vertebra. @Boesse 1 "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...
SailingAlongToo Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 @Carl O'Cles given you and the fam have multiple specimens of large, Cretaceous, marine reptiles as well as a plethora of cetacean vertebrae from the Mid-Atlantic region, what is your opinion on the OP? Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl O'Cles Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Cetacean lumbar 0% doubt. Adult animal as well since the ephipsys is fused 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 30 minutes ago, Carl O'Cles said: Adult animal as well since the ephipsys is fused How is the distinction between fused and absent made ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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