What in the world?

[MelanieD]

What the heck?  Is this anything other than a weird formation/layering of various substances?  It’s large, probably 8-10 inches from broad end to narrow tip and 3-4 inches thick.

 

photo 1: from the “top side”

photo 2: the side of the narrow end

photo 3: the tip on the narrow end

 

 

[Lone Hunter]

I've seen some fascinating preservation of whale skulls from California coast wondering if this is something similar?

[Carl]

@Boesse

[Fossildude19]

Cropped, rotated, and contrasted:

 

 

 

 

 

[Boesse]

Looks to me like a baleen whale (mysticete) bone - probably in the Monterey Formation (Altamira shale member if I remember correctly).

[MelanieD]

Thanks for your input!  I’ll be sharing some of my finds with a local geologist soon, so I’ll include this one in the mix.  If he gives me more detail, I’ll be sure to post here.  

Edited January 3 by MelanieD

[Mark Kmiecik]

4 hours ago, MelanieD said:

Thanks for your input!  I’ll be sharing some of my finds with a local geologist soon, so I’ll include this one in the mix.  If he gives me more detail, I’ll be sure to post here.  

 

Cool find. Definitely let us know.