PSchleis Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) Hi everyone. My first time posting. Just found this one today at Myrtle Beach. It looks like a bone to me. Ideas? And if it is a bone, any thoughts on what it could be? I'm including photos with and without flash. Thank you! Paula Edited January 6, 2019 by PSchleis solved added to title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBones Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Look like some sort of igneous rock, is it hard or soft, it looks very porous? If it is soft it might be pumice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 34 minutes ago, MrBones said: Look like some sort of igneous rock Sure it does! But it could also be some kind of slag (you may call them man-made igneous rocks ). I think, I can see some larger, smooth bubbles. These would point to slag, but I am not sure, though. Its a little bit odd. Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I can see some similarity to slag/volcanic igneous rocks but I'm inclined to go with a very worn beach tumbled bone fragment which are common up there and down here. The cracks length wise and denser appearing rind/outer layer (bottom of pic 3/4) and inner porous looking cancellous spongy bone area and a few larger holes possibly being pelecypod borings make me think that. No diagnostic features present to help with any ID on the critter...I love picking up stuff like that at the beach and river and wondering what it is. Regards, Chris 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 typical reworked lag bone found on the beach there. (am agreeing with plant guy) possibly manatee rib 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Plantguy said: No diagnostic features present to help with any ID on the critter...I love picking up stuff like that at the beach and river and wondering what it is. Good analysis, Chris. Like @PlaxI would have reached for an ID of Dugong rib based on the 1st photo where the bone seems to narrow to a tip. Dugongs were so populous in the Southeast US fossil record, you have good odds of IDing any bone that looks like this as Dugong. 2 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSchleis Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Thank you so much. FYI, it's not porous. It's dense and heavy. Looking forward to exploring all your ideas! - Paula Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 If the specimen is dense and heavy, and was a long time in the ocean, probably is sufficiently lithified to be the right substrate for Gastrochaenolites boreholes. 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...
PSchleis Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 2 hours ago, abyssunder said: If the specimen is dense and heavy, and was a long time in the ocean, probably is sufficiently lithified to be the right substrate for Gastrochaenolites boreholes. You can hardly take a step on this beach without seeing a big rock with those boreholes, so definitely common here. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSchleis Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 On 1/4/2019 at 8:42 AM, Shellseeker said: Good analysis, Chris. Like @PlaxI would have reached for an ID of Dugong rib based on the 1st photo where the bone seems to narrow to a tip. Dugongs were so populous in the Southeast US fossil record, you have good odds of IDing any bone that looks like this as Dugong. Hi Shellseeker, If you're knowledgeable about dugong bones, would you take a peek at the new topic I posted and see if it looks familiar to you? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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