drbush Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Hi friends ,can you help me with this ,I went to Khrase city, Eocene area , to the east of Riyadh and found a jaw like fossils it was a surface find , it is 13 mm long , 2 mm thick with 4 tooth like coming from one side , so what could it be , is it a fish jaw or other sp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Al Dente Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Not a jaw. It looks like a fish pectoral or dorsal spine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbush Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 stingray barb ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 1 hour ago, drbush said: stingray barb ? Doesn't really look like a stingray barb. Here are a couple examples of serrated fish spines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Agree with a fin spine. 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...
drbush Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 fin spine ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 3 hours ago, drbush said: fin spine ? Some fish have pronounced spines on their fins. Your piece is one of these spines. They are a defensive adaptation to keep bigger fish from eating them. 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...
drbush Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 what type of fish ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 1 hour ago, drbush said: what type of fish ? I have no idea, many fish have fin spines. 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...
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