fossilsonwheels Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I know this is a cetacean ear bone and I know it is from Sharktooth Hill but that is ablut all I know for sure. It is pretty large at 3" long and 1.5'' wide which would seem to rule out of the smaller dolphin-like whales. My first thought was Aulophyseter morreci. It could also be a mysticeti as well. Regardless of species, it is a really nice addition to our STH whale collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Nice !!! Unfortunately, I do not have the knowledge to help, just to appreciate. I will be very interested in seeing if an identification can be made. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 @caldigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Nice whale ear bone. Sorry, but I am not well versed in whale ears. Maybe @Boesse can help. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 A cetacean of some sort. Honestly I don't know, but I think I have one from the same. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 55 minutes ago, caldigger said: A cetacean of some sort. Honestly I don't know, but I think I have one from the same. That does look very similar. Looks like we have the same whale perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 @caldigger comes to the rescue! So at least we can confirm this is not geologic. Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 @caldigger I have been doing my homework on the ear bones we have that look similar and I am starting to think they are from Parietobalena, a small mysticeti that is known from STH. I can not confirm this but that is what I think these are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Need @Boesse to look at these. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Sorry for being AWOL! Indeed it is a small baleen whale periotic/petrosal. The baleen whales from STH are nearly completely unknown/unpublished, aside from a few scraps figured and described by Kellogg (1931). The specimen needs some more prepwork prior to ID. However, Here is the referred periotic of Tiphyocetus temblorensis: As for the second earbone on here, it looks much more like Parietobalaena and could be Parietobalaena securis, which Kellogg also figured a periotic of: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Boesse said: Sorry for being AWOL! Indeed it is a small baleen whale periotic/petrosal. The baleen whales from STH are nearly completely unknown/unpublished, aside from a few scraps figured and described by Kellogg (1931). The specimen needs some more prepwork prior to ID. However, Here is the referred periotic of Tiphyocetus temblorensis: As for the second earbone on here, it looks much more like Parietobalaena and could be Parietobalaena securis, which Kellogg also figured a periotic of: Thank you @Boesse. That is very helpful. I appreciate the help ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 @PODIGGER and I each recently found Parietobalaena petrosals within spitting distance (relatively speaking) in Bone Valley Florida. @fossilsonwheels and @caldigger, please take a look at this thread and see if there are any similarities. Thanks, Jack The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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