Barasingha Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Not sure what this item is. Area is Miocene. It measures 7/8" X 6/8". Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Without any indication of age, origin or associated fauna we can't say much. Nevertheless, it looks like a part of a marine gastropod : Aporrhais https://www.google.fr/search?q=aporrhais&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdwPuT85rTAhUFEJoKHYrHB7UQ_AUICCgB&biw=1434&bih=736#imgrc=_ Wait to see what the others are going to say 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 spines from a marine turtle plastron? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 The texture looks like fish bone. Not sure what fish it is from. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagacious Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Part of a fish cleithrum, cleithral spines. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I agree. It really looks like that. (For comparative reason I borrowed some images from the internet.) 2 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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