Mahnmut Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Hello dear fellow forum members. Among the things I found at a Dutch beach known for miocene (fish), pliocene and pleistocene terrestrial fossils was this nub I could not make head nor tail of. @dries85 suggested from low res pics it could be a ray denticle. Thats my best guess yet. What do you think? Thanks, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 It is a Raja clavata denticle. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted October 8 Author Share Posted October 8 Cool, thank you dries85 and Al dente ! J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 4 hours ago, Al Dente said: It is a Raja clavata denticle. I'm not seeing this one. Hoping to learn a new trick here: do you have any refs to point to showing others like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dries85 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 29 minutes ago, Carl said: I'm not seeing this one. Hoping to learn a new trick here: do you have any refs to point to showing others like this? Here's some more examples.. And here's a well preserved one with the actual spine still attached.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 4 hours ago, dries85 said: Here's some more examples.. And here's a well preserved one with the actual spine still attached.. OUTSTANDING! Yep: learned something. Thanks so much for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted October 8 Author Share Posted October 8 Ok, so the side looking like old tire was embedded in the skin, and the hole is where the spine was. I imagined it the other way round. COol specimen. Thanks again! Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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