Steve D. Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Hey All! Found in GMR, NC yesterday during a 1 hour quick dip in the mucky water... (cold).... I've found lot's of whale bones here before but this looks different from anything I have found before... almost looks like a patella bone. I'll take whatever thoughts anyone has! Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 I wouldnot put money on my guess, bit i am thinking skull bone possibly dugong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 7 hours ago, Steve D. said: Hey All! Found in GMR, NC yesterday during a 1 hour quick dip in the mucky water... (cold).... I've found lot's of whale bones here before but this looks different from anything I have found before... almost looks like a patella bone. I'll take whatever thoughts anyone has! Thanks!!! For Comparison, Photo of Dugong skull plate in this thread; @Harry Pristis might recognize 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 @Steve D. just so you are aware. Looking at your tags for this post you have "miocene pliocene cretaceous" There is no Miocene at GMR. There is Cretaceous, Pliocene and Pleistocene. To the best of my knowledge there are no surface deposits of Miocene in North Carolina. The Pungo River Formation at Lee Creek is about 90 feet? below the surface. Not scolding, just informing. Your bone, very interesting. Definitely not a piece of the "normal" looking bone pieces from there. I am not aware of any dugong material from there, but it does have the basic shape and texture of the post Jack linked to. @Boesse Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 This is the occipital condyle and part of the exoccipital bone from the back of a skull of a baleen whale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D. Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 On 3/20/2022 at 12:02 PM, Boesse said: This is the occipital condyle and part of the exoccipital bone from the back of a skull of a baleen whale. Thank you sir!!!! Labeled and stored away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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