Carl Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Found this odd bone fragment on Asbury Park Beach in New Jersey last Saturday. The only thing that comes to mind is a fragment of mammoth skull, but that seems like a bit of wishful thinking. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilus Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I had always heard that mammoth had these chambers, but actually I've found most larger mammal skulls have similar chambers only smaller. I would guess that you have a piece of mammal skull, too small to be mammoth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Any chance it could be an internal part of an alligator skull? @Carl The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilus Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I've not seen this structure in an allligator skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 hour ago, JohnJ said: Any chance it could be an internal part of an alligator skull? @Carl Don't think so.The cavities are too large and the bone is all wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 HI Carl... I think mammoth skull frag is a good guess. They had all sorts of vacuities in the skull. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilus Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Most mammal skulls have void spaces. Just having a void doesn't necessarily mean probuscan although that is a choice. Please excuse the poor focus with the coyote skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 5 hours ago, fossilus said: I've not seen this structure in an allligator skull. 4 hours ago, Carl said: Don't think so.The cavities are too large and the bone is all wrong. It was a long shot, but there are some unusual cavities between the roof of the mouth and the top of the skull. Link Link Link The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 weird guess but could be the bit of a deer skull and antler joins, ? i dont know that ridge just popped into my mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 My mammoth dreams are fading. Maybe also my Ice Age dreams... Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 37 minutes ago, JohnJ said: It was a long shot, but there are some unusual cavities between the roof of the mouth and the top of the skull. Link Link Link I think it's too thin to be crocodilian. And it's not very mineralized, which is a strong point against since it's probably quite young. I think NJ's youngest crocodilians were Miocene. Or ones brought in by people... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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