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My girlfriend and I decided to go and dig around some this past weekend and did had an amazing time. Tons of smaller shark teeth, some vertebrae (one very cool not sure what), a few large teeth (not sure what), and a claw of some type (raptor for sure). I love to dig and trying to sharpen up a bit on types of fossils we find all input would be amazing thanks 

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32 minutes ago, HisNHersDig said:

My girlfriend and I decided to go and dig around some this past weekend and did had an amazing time. Tons of smaller shark teeth, some vertebrae (one very cool not sure what), a few large teeth (not sure what), and a claw of some type (raptor for sure). I love to dig and trying to sharpen up a bit on types of fossils we find all input would be amazing thanks 

 

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Possible bird claw - Auspex should know if it is, what it is. ;) 

 

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Yeah I work at a museum and that claw does appear to be avian (raptors are birds of prey these days). Very neat finds.

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47 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Possible bird claw

It's a nice terminal phalanx from a mid-sized raptor (about the size of a Red-tailed Hawk).
A more specific ID is beyond my ability.

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 Beautiful finds , that claw is stellar :yay-smiley-1:

Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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A problem using the BoneClones illustration for ID purposes is that the BC claws still have their keratin sheath.  The sheath is always missing with a fossil.  Fortunately with birds, the sheath is relatively thin and the bone is extended.  This problem is most exaggerated with the mammal claws.

 

 

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The bone attachment features can be very diagnostic for claws.  Those features are not part of the keratin sheath.  Those features make the BC picture still useful in the ID of mammal claws.  When you have an applicable extant reference, it is always a good starting point even if features have been lost through fossilization.  However, it is very important to understand the point HP made about the keratin sheaths.

 

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