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Stan Simpson

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This fossil is different than any of the pieces found to date. It seems more porous than previous fossils. It has holes as shown with some running all the way through the fossil. It comes from the same dredge operation near Houston Texas as previous pieces. Thanks for your help.

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caldigger Regular Member

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It's the inner marrow area of a bone that has had the outer surface worn off. Not sure if you will be able to get more of an ID.

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It seems to be the spongious part of a bone, and some of the holes you see are for the passage of blood vessels and nerves.

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lissa318 Regular Member

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If from a marine environment it is possible that some of the larger holes are from clams.  They are pretty good at boring pretty round holes through almost anything that has been in the water long enough! :)

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Might have been part of a whale at some point since the remnant is so large.

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