fossilman7 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 i fouynd this in green mill run north carolina. needs id Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 inner ear bone of some sort? Knowledge has three degrees-opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. Plotinus 204 or 205 C.E., Egyptian Philosopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 possibly porpoise? Knowledge has three degrees-opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. Plotinus 204 or 205 C.E., Egyptian Philosopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Yeah, if it's bone, the only thing that comes to mind with that kind of shape is an inner ear bone; that one is kinda' small. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilman7 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 it is really tiny, but it is perfectly symetricall. r u sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Did you find that this past summer when you and your dad went with me? It looks like an inner ear bone, but is very small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 These are common at Greens Mill Run and some other sites where the upper part of the Yorktown Formation is exposed. They were incorrectly described in 1858 as a crushing type tooth from the throat of a fish. More recently it has been described as a hyperostosed bone from a fish but it is unknown what species of fish or where in the fish it is from. They remind me of a cashew in both shape and size. A reference for the fossil can be found in “Geology and Paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine volume 3”. The description is on page 188 and detailed photos on page 189. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Here is a photo, identified on this forum as a porpoise inner (middle) ear last month. I agree with others that it seems like an inner ear shape, but too small to be porpoise. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilman7 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 yeah rick we found it with u last yer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilman7 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 could it be a juvienile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) Here is a picture of a smaller inner ear bone from a porpoise from this site. Cole~ Edited January 9, 2011 by Cole Knowledge has three degrees-opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. Plotinus 204 or 205 C.E., Egyptian Philosopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Does your fossil resemble this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 If it has bilateral symmetry, then it's a hyperostosid ("Tilly") bone. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 If it has bilateral symmetry, then it's a hyperostosid ("Tilly") bone. Those are unusual .... check out this:LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilman7 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalodame Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Fossilman7, I'm so happy you posted this. I found one of these several months ago and now I know what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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