Cherie Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I found this on the beach in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I'd like to find out what it is and how old it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Toe bone ? Definitely fossil bone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rand95 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Proximal phalanx of a horse looks close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherie Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 Found a pic of a medial phalanx that matched shape perfectly. Now need to know what it was from and how old it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 @Harry Pristis might know more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Medial phalanx of a horse. Age no older than about 2.5 Ma. 1 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...
Cherie Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 2.5 ma? Not sure what that means. Can u tell me how you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 41 minutes ago, Cherie said: 2.5 ma? Not sure what that means. Can u tell me how you know? 2.5 ma (mega annum) refers to a date (a point in time) 2.5 million years ago from 1950. As a slight aside, 2.5 myr refers to an elapsed time of 2.5 million years. You can say that a fossil is 2.5 myr old as long as you state what the reference date is such as : the present; 1950; the Common Era etc. See: https://www.thoughtco.com/how-we-talk-about-geologic-time-3974394 and 1 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 2.5 Ma. = 2.5 Mega anna or 2.5 million years ago. Equus sp. dates from Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene to present. 1 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...
Mark Kmiecik Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Nice find -- congratulations! 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...
Cherie Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 Thank you so much for this information!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherie Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 I have no idea what to do with it. Haha. Paperweight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, Cherie said: I have no idea what to do with it You could always donate it to the "Grandpa" museum of natural history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 5 hours ago, Rockwood said: Proximal phalanx of a horse looks close. Well, it was real close to one, once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Cherie said: I have no idea what to do with it. Haha. Paperweight. Give it to a kid that is interested in paleontology. You might kindle in the kid a lifelong interest in the wonderful world of fossils. My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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