New Members RichX915 Posted June 8, 2022 New Members Share Posted June 8, 2022 I don’t believe it’s a dugong fossil as IIRC they don’t have hollow marrow areas. It was found away from the beach but around shells, the peace river formation isn’t stratified either way. The last picture may be a separate all together but was found in this cluster of bone, it looks like turtle shell I have seen. It’s on a napkin for scale but the large portion is about the length of my pinky. The shell object is about the size of a nickel. Because of the shell piece found within the bone cluster I’m imagining it could be a turtle humorous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, RichX915 said: I don’t believe it’s a dugong fossil as IIRC they don’t have hollow marrow areas. It was found away from the beach but around shells, the peace river formation isn’t stratified either way. The last picture may be a separate all together but was found in this cluster of bone, it looks like turtle shell I have seen. It’s on a napkin for scale but the large portion is about the length of my pinky. The shell object is about the size of a nickel. Because of the shell piece found within the bone cluster I’m imagining it could be a turtle humorous Welcome to the forum. You need to provide measurements and the best way to do that is to state them in millimeters.. The bone is xx millimeters in length and had a maximum diameter of yy millimeters. Your 1st bone is a Horse metatarsal 3. ... sometime called a called a Cannon bone. The last photo is a piece of a turtle shell. You will find this thread helpful in the identification of your bone. Edited June 8, 2022 by Shellseeker 3 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members RichX915 Posted June 8, 2022 Author New Members Share Posted June 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Shellseeker said: Welcome to the forum. You need to provide measurements and the best way to do that is to state them in millimeters.. The bone is xx millimeters in length and had a maximum diameter of yy millimeters. Your 1st bone is a Horse metatarsal 3. ... sometime called a called a Cannon bone. The last photo is a piece of a turtle shell. You will find this thread helpful in the identification of your bone. Thank you! Excited to know what is it, my first fossilized bone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 I think there's a camel toe bone in the mix. For comparison: 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members RichX915 Posted June 8, 2022 Author New Members Share Posted June 8, 2022 13 minutes ago, Harry Pristis said: I think there's a camel toe bone in the mix. For comparison: Similar looking but I think the socket matches the horse cannon bone more. I would have to see more pictures of the socket of the camel toe though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 28 minutes ago, RichX915 said: Similar looking but I think the socket matches the horse cannon bone more. I would have to see more pictures of the socket of the camel toe though Rich, Having been on TFF for a long time,I have learned that Harry is better than good....and he is seeing something we might not be... Here is a comparison of Camel/Llama Proximal Phalanx: very similar 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 5 hours ago, RichX915 said: This bone fragment doesn't look much like any part of a horse metapodial. It is the proximal end of a camelid proximal phalanx. 2 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members RichX915 Posted June 8, 2022 Author New Members Share Posted June 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, Shellseeker said: Rich, Having been on TFF for a long time,I have learned that Harry is better than good....and he is seeing something we might not be... Here is a comparison of Camel/Llama Proximal Phalanx: very similar 1 minute ago, Harry Pristis said: This bone fragment doesn't look much like any part of a horse metapodial. It is the proximal end of a camelid proximal phalanx. At that angle I definitely see it. Thank you! Super cool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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