frankh8147 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Hello! I found this last year in a Cretaceous site in Monmouth County, New Jersey last year and wanted to know what it came from. I could be way off on this one but I was thinking possible crocodile due to that 'divot'. It's probably very stream worn and measures a little over a 1/2-inch long. Thanks! -Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I'm thinking worn bony fish. Just thinking; not knowing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 14 minutes ago, Plax said: I'm thinking worn bony fish. Just thinking; not knowing... That was definitely my initial thought as well - I actually just pulled this out of one of my storage containers of bony fish verts. The reason I decided to post it is because all of my others are concave on the ends and this is convex. I would think different fish have different vertebrates though, or it could be extremely stream worn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 15 minutes ago, frankh8147 said: That was definitely my initial thought as well - I actually just pulled this out of one of my storage containers of bony fish verts. The reason I decided to post it is because all of my others are concave on the ends and this is convex. I would think different fish have different vertebrates though, or it could be extremely stream worn... I would have to agree with fish, most likely explanation is that it is very worn and that process created the convex sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I disagree with fish as the cones of fish verts come close to meeting in the center and would be visible regardless of the wear. I think it is a small crock vert, but it is so worn it is hard to be sure. 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...
Carl Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I think it's a bony fish, too, with sediment filling the conical articulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Pictures of the ends would help. 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...
frankh8147 Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 Thanks everyone! Here are the best pictures I took of the ends. I apologize for my 'stream worn' hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 It resembles a Croc/Mos vert because of possible sediment filling in some of the surfaces as others said, but the overall hourglass shape resembles a bony fish vert more. The hole in one of the ends looks strange. That’s probably from wear though. 1 “You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.” ― Mikhail Tal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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