Suzy87s Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Hello. Any ideas as to what this could be? Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Can you give us a pic of the other side and one straight on of the broken end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy87s Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 Absolutely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Looks turtle and modern to me. I can't say I'm sure of either though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 I originally was thinking turtle also, but this piece is so triangular shaped and only seems to have the open / fractured face on the one end. I am perplexed as to where on the shell that would be. Viewing hundreds of photos of turtles from southern Mississippi, I am not finding a fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrR Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 The upper right of the first image seems to show evidence of being "worked" in order to transform a piece of bone into a cutter and/or scraper of some sort. Granted, this does nothing to ID the type of bone. That would make me think it was an artifact more than a fossil. (Note my newbie status.) Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 33 minutes ago, MrR said: The upper right of the first image seems to show evidence of being "worked" in order to transform a piece of bone into a cutter and/or scraper of some sort. Granted, this does nothing to ID the type of bone. That would make me think it was an artifact more than a fossil. (Note my newbie status.) Cheers. I don't think this has been worked. Looks like a deer scapula piece, or some part of a fish bone. (Pelvic or pectoral girdle) @Al Dente @MarcoSr 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...
Al Dente Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Does it float? looks like a lot of air space in the cross section. Another photo of that broken end that is in focus would help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Based upon the color, it looks modern to me. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 The grooves or lines on the tip in first photo remind me of a hoof core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Im thinking the beak (recent) of a sea turtle. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Could it be part of a horseshoe crab shell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 I'm leaning toward extant beak. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrR Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 3 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: I don't think this has been worked. Looks like a deer scapula piece, or some part of a fish bone. (Pelvic or pectoral girdle) @Al Dente @MarcoSr After fully utilizing the magnification feature of the site, I fully agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 The internal texture and lack of continuous apparent translucency rules out beak. I zoomed in and retract my horseshoe crab possibility. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrR Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Could it possibly be a half of a fish tail-vert? Actually half of a half after being split at the marrow? I'm basing this WAG on shape. I don't even know if fish tail-vertebrae would be bone or cartilage. And I have never seen a fish tail-vert up close and personal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy87s Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 Here is a zoomed picture of the top. Thanks again for all of the help everyone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 8 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Looks like a deer scapula piece, I agree with this. 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 April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Not a fish tail vert. This is definitely a weird thing. I'm not even 100% certain it's bone. Deer scapula feels wrong, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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