garyc Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Could this be from a predator? It's right at 1.5 inches. I plan on removing the matrix and I will post more pics at that time.
bone2stone Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 It does have that "boney fingers" sorta look don't it. Be careful a little at a time sure goes a long way. I use a "Flexible" clear fingernail polish (easily removable) to avoid specimen shatter. It helps with some crabs "not all". Could help with bony parts as well. Jess B.
megaholic Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Gary, I think it is too soon to tell. I would remove the matrix, measure all sides with photos again and add to post. It does look like a phalanx, but many different animals overlap in size, and you need to see some detail to say for sure. nice find, it looks like it's in pretty good condition so far. MH "A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life".
snakebite6769 Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Where was it found, this helps sometimes as well for identification , cool find !
Carl Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Oh don't prep that! It's way more fantastic the way it is!!
Harry Pristis Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Oh don't prep that! It's way more fantastic the way it is!! Don't remove the matrix unless you're confident that the matrix is not coprolite. I found a gator coprolite with a deer toe bone intact. I don't see any surface evidence of coprolite, such as 'grunt rings,' but those may be weathered away. Just a thought. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest
Carl Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Don't remove the matrix unless you're confident that the matrix is not coprolite. I found a gator coprolite with a deer toe bone intact. I don't see any surface evidence of coprolite, such as 'grunt rings,' but those may be weathered away. Just a thought. Wow! Anyway you might post that amazing gator coprolite?
Auspex Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 This seems an extraordinary specimen... How often do you find bones in water-worn matrix cobbles there? Is Pleistocene a sure thing with this one? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease!
fossilized6s Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 As others have stated, i would leave the matrix. Cool find! ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG
garyc Posted March 4, 2015 Author Posted March 4, 2015 I don't think it's coprolite. It seems more like sandstone, but it's really hard. I already started trying to chisel it off on the part not near the bone. It's not chiseling very well. This is the first time I've found a bone like this. I have found lots of other chunks of this kind of matrix that look like they were wrapped around something. I'll be paying those more attention now! I'm pretty sure this is pleistocene as it was found close to a lot of other pleisto material. Now I'm torn whether to remove the matrix or not. I'd really like to get an id on this critter.
Auspex Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 If you need to reveal more to get an ID, please try to do just enough for that purpose, and preserve the rest as context; there could be something unexpected here! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease!
JustPlainPetrified Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I vote with those others who say leave it in the matrix...only expose what is necessary.
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