Cole Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Found while walking the beach on Delaware bay in southern Delaware. Maybe fish? Probably not fossil but still a good diagnostic tool for identification. Cole Knowledge has three degrees-opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. Plotinus 204 or 205 C.E., Egyptian Philosopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shajzer64 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) It looks like a mammal jaw, I'd lean toward deer, it has the single and double tooth sockets. Looks small for a deer, but too big for most other mammals... I wish I could see the teeth toward the back of the jaw, they would have made the ID a lot easier. Edited March 4, 2015 by shajzer64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Raccoon? "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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DylanS Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I'd agree with Auspex, it appears to be a left lower mandible of (Procyon lotor) - Raccoon. Looks pretty modern to me though. Here's an example: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Raccoon, yes. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luluboo1 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Latin name is Procyon lotor if interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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