caldigger Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I dug this bone up and it has obvious bone growth beyond the ordinary. It does look as if there is a chunk missing which may have been a bite mark, perhaps during a mating fight or the like since it does not appear to be from a shark bite. Mid. Miocene, Temblor Formation, Bakersfield, California What do you suppose is the cause? This shows a bite out of the bone, but isn't consistent with a shark bite pattern. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 The "extra" bone looks like arthritis growth. Can not make out the bite. 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...
caldigger Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, ynot said: The "extra" bone looks like arthritis growth. Can not make out the bite. Right there! Like a chomp from a canine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Whales had to eat too. 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...
caldigger Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, ynot said: Whales had to eat too. Everybody knows the whales of the Miocene were strict vegans. Most likely the reason they went extinct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 6 minutes ago, caldigger said: Everybody knows the whales of the Miocene were strict vegans. Most likely the reason they went extinct! I thought they went extinct cause Noah couldn't fit them in the ark?.............. 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...
ynot Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 5 minutes ago, caldigger said: Everybody knows the whales of the Miocene were strict vegans. How could I have forgotten that? 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...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 20 minutes ago, caldigger said: Everybody knows the whales of the Miocene were strict vegans. Most likely the reason they went extinct! Except, you know, Livyatan. 1 Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 In my limited experience, arthritic bone overgrowth is superficial, while bone infections tend to penetrate the bone. Eventually, bone infections develop drains where the bone breaks down. 4 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...
ynot Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, UtahFossilHunter said: Except, you know, Livyatan. Those are clearly the teeth of a plant eater. 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...
abyssunder Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Ok, I'll go with Leviathan. Was checked it's hardness? " 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...
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