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Possible Fossilized Vertebra??? Found Yesterday at Otter Crest Beach "Devil's Punchbowl" Oregon
Wiccan_Reign posted a topic in Fossil ID
I found this yesterday beachcombing At Otter crest, just after high tide " King Tides" This Beach is between depoe Bay and Newport Oregon.. I also found 8 agatised gastropods and 2 agatised mollusk's.. but my question is what this belonged to?.. I'm sorry I only had a centimeter or inch to measure with... So I chose the centimeter.. the closest thing I can find online seems to be a Vertebra.. it is completely mineralized and in the light glitters like Crystal. I rock hound quite a bit, but this is out of my privy... Lol can anybody give me more information?
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When I saw a fish hypural for the first time, I didn't think it was real. But, now, these obscure bones are better known. Who here has a fish hypural to show us? Here's one: "The bony structure (often fan-shaped) that chiefly is composed of the expanded, flattened and partially fused hemal spines (ventral extensions of the vertebrae), and that supports the caudal-fin rays in most bony fishes; when counting vertebrae, this composite element is treated as a single vertebra and included in the count. Amia has 10 hypurals, Salmo 7 but in most teleosts the number is reduced or fused into a single structure, a urostyle."
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Here is a vertebra from my small collection. Again, it belonged to a fossil collector here in the UK but I don't know anything other than that. All I've been told is that it is a C2 vertebra but I'd love to know what it belonged to. Many thanks!
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Recently went to Melbourne to go snorkelling for whale and Meg teeth and came home with some not bad specimens and saw some quite large vertebrae
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Found this vertebra today...I think it's a thoracic vertebra. Not sure which one. It's pretty beat up....fragile as heck. Reminds me exactly like the camel (camelid) leg bone I had found that was the same color and was very brittle. Leveled out this has a pretty decent angle. Glad to see the spinous process mostly there but this vertebra is missing probably all the important key identifiers. It's about an inch and a quarter at it's widest on the spinous process...it has a significant groove or notch at the base of it...also there is a facet on the left of where the spinal canal is but I don't see much of where a body would be to it. Seems to be another facet underneath same side. Anyway.. would appreciate your thoughts. Please please please let it not be horse again.
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Hello everyone. There is such a vertebra in my old collection. The label is "Phytosauridae".The information is only:Bull Canyon Formation,New Mexico,USA Is it Phytosauridae ? Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated.
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Picked these up at tidmoor point near weymouth convinced they were vertebra under torch light, now I'm thinking they might be stones.. both convex on one side and rough to the touch. Smaller (first) is about 20mm across, larger is about 50mm. Thanks for looking.
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I found this fossilized vertebra in a riverbed in Fannin County (North Texas) while hunting for fossils from the cretaceous period. My understanding is that the concave/convex ends of the vertebra indicate that it is from a mosasaurus, but I am very new to this so I don't have a lot of faith in my ID skills. If it is a mosasaurus bone, is there any way to determine species? I've read that Tylosaurus and Platecarpus are found in the area, but don't know if there are reliably identifiable differences in their vertebrae structures. Is this a mosasaurus vertebra, and if so, is there any way to determine species? Thanks in advance for your help : )
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Looks like a vertebra to me. Anyone know what kind?
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Pieces that came from area of Pierre shale SD. Tail is 8in. Unknown corn cob looking piece is 4in. 2 small pieces look to be ribs and organic material. All not cleaned. Rest of fish looks to be in the ground but hard to get. What fish might it be and what parts are they? Thanks.
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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I found this vertebra in the Goose Creek area (near Summerville, SC). I thought concave on both ends meant bony fish, but this one doesn't look like other fish verts I've found personally or online. Any ideas? About 17mm at the widest/longest (not sure what you would call it) point. Thank you!
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Hello, I’m new to this group and was hoping for help identifying this find. I found it on a well known fossil beach on the east coast of VA, USA. It looks like a vertebra to me, but this was my first fossil hunting trip and I was expecting to find shark teeth. Any ideas on what this is from? Or if it is really ancient? Thank you for your help!
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My only time out Fossil Hunting in the last 2 months was October 20th.. A great day, very relaxing. The water in the creek was deep and fast, so I did not come up with my usual quantity or quality. That is a Rostral tooth, a Vertebra, and a smattering of small teeth, some colorful. Here is one worth sharing, small and pretty. I imagine micro fossil hunters are used to seeing such treasures. Most just slip thru my screens. What I am attempting to do is ID the Vertebra... It is from a small animal, maybe 50-75 pounds based on size of the Vert. Because of flatness, I think it is likely a caudal vert. From my own knowledge, it is not horse, bison, sloth, gator/croc, not dolphin or manatee. I think I will start by looking at Armadillo tail verts. Possible a member familiar with US Southeast fossil vertebrae will recognize and cut my search short... Thanks for any and all assistance. Jack
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I've found this one yesterday in the Mishash formation (Campanian-maastrichtian). A friend suggested that its a shark vertebra but I never seen one in that shape. Any help would be great. Thanks. Also, I'll put a picture with scale soon. VID_20221117_162227.mp4
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I went to the North Sulphur River twice in October with little luck. The first time was after a rain that I thought would get a big rise but only got about a 1 foot rise. The second time saw about a 5 foot rise but each time the rain did nothing to wash away all the mud. It was easy walking because the river was so low and dry but no gravel bars as they are all covered in mud. I went to two different parts of the river as well as the feeder creeks and it was the same. Here are a few pictures of the little I was able to find: Some worn chunckasaur, petrified wood, pyrite sun (cool but common), a couple xiphactinus fangs, a decent mosasaur jaw piece, a piece of mammoth enamel, and a couple other oddities. 1. Some odd fish bone? 2. Horse Tooth? 3. No Idea. I would say fish fin but it doesn't have the flaky fish texture though. 4. Any idea what age and formation these shiny shells come from in the top left of this picture?
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I have found, what I believe to be a fossilised vertebra, and would like any advice on what species it could be and how old it may be. The item was found along a riverbank. It has a surprising weight for it's size - I can record the exact weight with electronic scales within the next 24 hours. The object appears to be of white bone with a red/iron marrow present through the centre. There are crystals in the recesses which sparkle when the light hits it and when it is wet. The top and bottom of the item are very smooth. The specimen has been washed with warm water and a toothbrush. It ts extremely tactile, a pleasure to hold! I didn't want to put it down until I decided to keep it in a resealable plastic bag. I have some pictures which I will enclose (the sun was setting and so there are long shadows cast - magnify the images for better clarity) - I am a novice photographer! I also have a short video which could be sent via WhatsApp. I have contacted my local museum and left a voice message - the museum closed for refurbishment for 2 years about a week ago!
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I found this near Westmoreland State Park in the Potomac. It seems too well preserved to be a fossil. Clearly a vert, but from what?
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This vertebra was found at an estate sale in a box of rocks in Minnesota. It is partially mineralized, but I don't believe it is mineralized enough to be much older than Pleistocene. I realize it is fairly damaged but does anybody have reasonable guess as to what it might be from?
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Pleistocene rib and vertebra found independently in Eastern Lesser Poland
Agonim posted a topic in Fossil ID
I was told the rib could belong to some Pleistocene horse or a young mammoth. There were also proposals that the vertebra belonged to the steppe bison or the woolly rhinoceros. They both were found in Eastern Lesser Poland. What do you think? Thanks in advance!
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I found this vertebra over the weekend and was excited to see it still had a spinous process attached. I believe it's one of the earlier thoracic vertebra on the spine, like a T1. It doesn't resemble the horse or bison verts I've found, and I'm wondering if it could be camelid. Since it's fairly round and convex on the anterior side, I considered reptile, but alligator would be all that I'd think would fit with size, and it's a poor visual match compared to the gator examples I've seen. Any ideas are always appreciated.
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Hi everyone! I acquired this vertebra as part of a menagerie of kem kem fossils awhile ago and could use some help Identifying it, if that's even possible. I'm leaning toward Theropod indet. but croc wouldn't surprise me if only because I just assume everything Kem Kem is croc until prove otherwise. I don't think it's Spinosaur from comparing it to the pics of the holotype. Maybe someone will see something I don't which narrows the id down further. Digital caliper measurements are 75.51 mm tall, 61.6 and 63.5 mm wide centrums, and 43.84 mm long/thick (not sure which to use to describe this). Any insight is appreciated as always!
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Possible Minuscule Vertebra from the Woodbine of Denton County, Texas
Aidan Campos posted a topic in Fossil ID
I would really appreciate suggestions on the ID of this microfossil (vertebra?) from a portion of what appears to be a coprolite originating from the Woodbine Group (Cenomanian) of Denton County, Texas, USA.
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Hi, Looking for some confirmation on these vertebrae. Found below a eroding layer of Pierre shale. Thinking Mosasaur but the two lower "wings" seem odd. Also in the last pictures you can see the thin layer of orange matrix, top of Pierre shale? K-PG Boundary perhaps? Thanks in advance for info and insight.
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Another ID, wondering if this is Hadrosaurid or ceratopsian. Thanks again!
