older the better Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 I found this on a gravel bar last weekend. it appears to be a carpal/tarsal bone. it may just be a pseudo fossil. it feels fully fossilized not just old bone. I was hoping to get a better handle on what I have. if it is a fossil it either came from Pennsylvanian age rocks or quaternary river gravel, no Mesozoic rocks around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
older the better Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 the deer bone is just for comparison and to show what im seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Harry Pristis Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 My best guess is that this fragment represents the shaft of a deer calcaneum. 3 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Gee, I don't know @Harry Pristis I see some lumps that don't really line up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
older the better Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 so you guys do think it is a fossil and not like a piece of shale that is conveniently shaped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 I'm not sure what I would have thought if you had photographed it with a suggestively shaped rock. It does have some bone like features though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 I was thinking rock until the fifth and sixth pictures. In those you can definitely see bone texture. There is also some "growth" on it that I think is altering the shape @Rockwood that could be mineralogical or bone deformity. Could be one of the bones @Harry Pristis has suggested, but it is pretty worn and beat up to be real certain. And it is not from your Pennsylvanian aged rocks, but more likely the younger river gravels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 I agree with @Harry Pristis Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 5 hours ago, ClearLake said: There is also some "growth" on it that I think is altering the shape @Rockwood that could be mineralogical or bone deformity. I can see it being where it was sort of cemented into the formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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