dlindner Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Hi guys! Does anyone know what this is? Found in a Summerville creek. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Very interesting bone. Someone here will come along and recognize it. Sorry I do not. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 We are an international group here. Where is Summerville Creek? Do you know the formation there? I’m not sure what it is, but my first guess would be a spinous process off of a vertebra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlindner Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 9 minutes ago, KimTexan said: We are an international group here. Where is Summerville Creek? Do you know the formation there? I’m not sure what it is, but my first guess would be a spinous process off of a vertebra. Hi! Sorry, Summerville is in South Carolina in the US. The major formations there are the Chandler Bridge formation and the Ashley formation, dating back to the oligocene. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I think that Kim is correct... but which mammal? Got this off of Wikipedia. The spinous process is the one going straight up The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 This is a cow vertebra I found in a creek. You can see how the spinous process is broken off in a v shape. The two two little holes in your first pic may be diagnostic I don’t think most mamma have those. I’m curious, are most of the fossils there marine or terrestrial? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlindner Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, KimTexan said: This is a cow vertebra I found in a creek. You can see how the spinous process is broken off in a v shape. The two two little holes in your first pic may be diagnostic I don’t think most mamma have those. I’m curious, are most of the fossils there marine or terrestrial? Thank you! It is a mix of both marine and terrestrial. Probably mostly marine, but horse teeth, mammoth teeth, etc. can also be found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Harvey Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 It looks skull to me. Reminds me of a Mosasaur frontal but more fishy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 There are numerous cetacean and reptile fossils found in the area. I know next to nothing about anatomy of any of them. So this is a very uneducated guess, but I’d be inclined to think it could be from a crocodile or other reptile. I’d investigate those avenues. Maybe someone on here can provide more educated insight. @Auspex, @MarcoSr, @sixgill pete, @digit I’m trying to think of people who hunt the East Coast. Maybe they can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Hi there ... this is a fairly common find in the Chandler Bridge/ Ashley formations. This is a Billfish fossil vert process from the Oligocene Aglyptorhynchus sp. Sits just at the base of the tail. Image Credit: Facebook Rich Familia Image Credit: Facebook Alan Devier Image Credit: Facebook Alan Devier Some more info for you .... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlindner Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: Hi there ... this is a fairly common find in the Chandler Bridge/ Ashley formations. This is a Billfish fossil from the Oligocene Aglyptorhynchus sp. Sits just at the base of the tail. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Looks pretty close. @dlindner just an FYI vertebra from different parts of the spine can look very, very different. Cervical, thoracic, lumbar or caudal each look very different from one another even in the same individual or species. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, dlindner said: Thank you! Sure ... the deposits are predominantly Marine but we do have the wando formation riding over in some spots and that is a mix of terrestrial/marine Pliocene. The preservation of your vert process is what we see from Ashley formation finds. Late Oligocene. The Ashley marl sits just at the base of the Chandler. I've added image credits where needed. I'll scan my own here in a few minutes. Cheers, Brett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 3 hours ago, dlindner said: Hi guys! Does anyone know what this is? Found in a Summerville creek. Thanks! Here is the scan of the best looking one I have for comparison.... (Your specimen is on the far right) Along with a billfish hyplural bone. Cool find they don't usually survive intact so large. At least in the creeks ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlindner Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 7 hours ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: Here is the scan of the best looking one I have for comparison.... (Your specimen is on the far right) Along with a billfish hyplural bone. Cool find they don't usually survive intact so large. At least in the creeks ... Thanks so much for all your knowledge!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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