Dan 1000 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 G'day everyone! I reccently returned from a fossil trip to Portland, VIC searching for pliocene shark teeth and bones. Dad and I came back with some nice stuff but I also found this bone that has had me stumpted. Most bones collected from the site are fragmentary but this one appears to be whole but I have no idea what it is from. The bone is 30mm long, around 5 -6mm wide and very thin (Around 1mm probably a bit less) The fossil is pliocene in age, fossils found from the site include: Shark, fish and ray teeth, cetacean teeth and bones, terrestial mammal teeth and bones and rare avian material. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Looks like rib to me, but I'm not an expert on bones. Wait for some of the others to chime in. A few more of the regulars should pop in in an hour or two. 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...
Dan 1000 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 @Paleoworld-101 Any Ideas?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoworld-101 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 I'm not certain about this one but for some reason penguin wing bone popped into my mind when i first looked at it. So i did a quick google search, and it does actually look comparable to the radius in the image below. But without a side-on shot i can't tell if the radius is as thin as your specimen. Would be really cool (and rare!) if that's what it actually was! Did you find it on Allestree/Narrawong beach or somewhere else? "In Africa, one can't help becoming caught up in the spine-chilling excitement of the hunt. Perhaps, it has something to do with a memory of a time gone by, when we were the prey, and our nights were filled with darkness..." -Eternal Enemies: Lions And Hyenas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1000 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 @Paleoworld-101 Hello! The fossil was found on a beach in Narrawong. I'll try and get some side on photos soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1000 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 @Paleoworld-101 Here are some additional photos of the side: Thought this might be helpful with the ID. On this side of the bone, the wall circled is a lot thinner than the rest of the bone (Less than 1mm thin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoworld-101 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Here's side-on shots of a penguin radius for comparison. Although this one is a bit thicker than yours, i can still see some similarities again. But yours is much smaller which is problematic (unless it was a baby?). Maybe i'm completely wrong, in any case i think this is one you should show to someone like Erich Fitzgerald from the Melbourne Museum. 1 "In Africa, one can't help becoming caught up in the spine-chilling excitement of the hunt. Perhaps, it has something to do with a memory of a time gone by, when we were the prey, and our nights were filled with darkness..." -Eternal Enemies: Lions And Hyenas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1000 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 @Paleoworld-101 Thanks! i have sent the photos in to the collections manager of vertebrate paleontology at Melbourne Museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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