Mmoon Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Posting this for a family member.Very curious what this is.Found on Matagorda Beach, TX Thanks in Advance. Mmoon
Cole Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Looks like some sort of sponge to me. Is it hard, heavy? Cole~ Knowledge has three degrees-opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. Plotinus 204 or 205 C.E., Egyptian Philosopher
Mmoon Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 It is very lite when you pick it up.If that helps.
izak_ Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Maybe just a plate of whether limestone… I can't see any evidence it is a fossil
old bones Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) As calhounenis said, it is a part of a turtle plastron, the bone on the bottom of a turtle shell. Here is a link to a photo. http://www.jaxshells.org/919za.htm Edited January 5, 2015 by old bones 1
Mmoon Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 Thank you all for your input!!Very greatly appreciated.
RichW9090 Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Sea turtle right hypoplastron. Edited January 5, 2015 by RichW9090 1 The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence".
Rockwood Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 It is very lite when you pick it up.If that helps. It most likely means it's modern, not a fossil.
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