StirFry Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Looking to find out as much about this vertebrae piece found at Calvert Cliffs, MD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StirFry Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Additional Photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Dolphin thoracic vertebra I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Nice piece and great find!!! Looks almost complete with the neural arch and the processes. The view in photo #2 looks like an axis. The bulge is where the atlas would sit/join. @Boesse may be able to give you more specific info. 1 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...
LordTrilobite Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Definitely looks like an axis vertebra. So it would be cervical, not dorsal. 4 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 8 minutes ago, LordTrilobite said: Definitely looks like an axis vertebra. So it would be cervical, not dorsal. Yea, I thought about amending my call, but it still seemed tall. Thick necked are they ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StirFry Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Here's a shot to give you the scale.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Cetacean axis vertebra. It is much more complete than most. Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Ernst Ranch, East Quarry Mid. Miocene Round Mountain Silt Member Temblor Formation Bakersfield, California Thanks for a more definitive ID. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 2 minutes ago, caldigger said: Mid. Miocene Round Mountain Silt Member Temblor Formation Bakersfield, California Thanks for a more definitive ID. Gorgeous specimen. Your's looks like a dolphin sized critter. 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...
caldigger Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 25 minutes ago, SailingAlongToo said: Gorgeous specimen. Your's looks like a dolphin sized critter. Pretty much the exact same size as the OP's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 7 hours ago, PaleoRon said: Cetacean axis vertebra. Is this a nod to the fact that anterior vertebrae are relatively undifferentiated or is it a term I not familiar with ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 8 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Is this a nod to the fact that anterior vertebrae are relatively undifferentiated or is it a term I not familiar with ? Okay, I got it. C2 second crevical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Great Specimen. Have to agree with what others have said. On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 11 hours ago, caldigger said: Pretty much the exact same size as the OP's. Yeap. 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Nice find! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 this is indeed an axis vertebra (C2) of a medium-largeish odontocete. Not Squalodon-sized, but bottlenose dolphin size. Family uncertain, but could possibly be identified owing to its completeness as atlas/axis vertebrae are somewhat diagnostic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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