Need help identifying please,

[BrittanyM]

I’m no expert but from the looks of the Porous surface, I’m thinking some type of bone, can anyone please help my identify this please also is there a way to tell what era from the color? 

[ted coulianos]

Without age, location, formation etc etc,  specimen is so fragmentary that no positive id can be made other than "nondescript bone"

[Shellseeker]

Welcome Brittany, 

Ted is correct ,  we can be magicians,  and would need more info...  In this case , I will accept your tag Mississippi as where these fossil came from..  

Also,  since we have members from all over the world,  it is just courteous to show sizes in millemeters.

 

I have hunted Florida for a long time.  Some fossils have porous cells and some do not ..  Think of osteoderms... (alligator, Glyptodon, giant armadillo),  or hoofcores or kneecaps (patellas),  or turtle /tortoise shell.  I find many fossil pieces of turtle/tortoise shell that look very similar to your first piece.

Marine Mammals have porous bones because they are lighter ... so whale, dolphin, and even sea turtles ,  which admittedly are not mammals..

 

So when you get down to little pieces, they are not identifiable ...  Mostl likely tortoise shell..

[BrittanyM]

40 minutes ago, ted coulianos said:

Without age, location, formation etc etc,  specimen is so fragmentary that no positive id can be made other than "nondescript bone"

Tombigbee River is the location, age is what I’m looking for along with what type of bone. 

[Fossildude19]

I don't think there is enough there to say more than bone chunk, indeterminate.

We tend to jokingly call these chunk-o-saurs, or chunk-o-theres.

 

[BrittanyM]

29 minutes ago, Shellseeker said:

Welcome Brittany, 

Ted is correct ,  we can be magicians,  and would need more info...  In this case , I will accept your tag Mississippi as where these fossil came from..  

Also,  since we have members from all over the world,  it is just courteous to show sizes in millemeters.

 

I have hunted Florida for a long time.  Some fossils have porous cells and some do not ..  Think of osteoderms... (alligator, Glyptodon, giant armadillo),  or hoofcores or kneecaps (patellas),  or turtle /tortoise shell.  I find many fossil pieces of turtle/tortoise shell that look very similar to your first piece.

Marine Mammals have porous bones because they are lighter ... so whale, dolphin, and even sea turtles ,  which admittedly are not mammals..

 

So when you get down to little pieces, they are not identifiable ...  Mostl likely tortoise shell..

Tombigbee River is the exact location and thank you for the other information 

[BrittanyM]

Just now, Fossildude19 said:

I don't think there is enough there to say more than bone chunk, indet.

We tend to jokingly call these chunk-o-saurs, or chunk-o-theres.

 

But in fact is it bone? And possible old bone? 

[Fossildude19]

Most likely old bone. 

You could perform a burn test to determine if it is fossilized.
Hold the bone to a flame. If it burns at all, or gives off a burnt hair type of odor, it is modern. If not, it is a fossil.

 

[BrittanyM]

Just now, Fossildude19 said:

Most likely old bone. 

You could perform a burn test to determine if it is fossilized.
Hold the bone to a flame. If it burns at all, or gives off a burnt hair type of odor, it is modern. If not, it is a fossil.

 

Did not know that! 

[Shellseeker]

5 minutes ago, BrittanyM said:

Tombigbee River is the exact location and thank you for the other information 

So as to age,,,  Looks like you have potential finds from the last 50 million years...

[BrittanyM]

4 minutes ago, Shellseeker said:

So as to age,,,  Looks like you have potential finds from the last 50 million years...

Awesome we have gotten some amazing pieces from here, thank you so much for this! The smaller ones are hard to identify I know but I have a (smalls collection) I try to gather the smaller ones too. Every bit of History counts! 

[Shellseeker]

39 minutes ago, BrittanyM said:

Awesome we have gotten some amazing pieces from here, thank you so much for this! The smaller ones are hard to identify I know but I have a (smalls collection) I try to gather the smaller ones too. Every bit of History counts! 

I like small , also.  Please post some of your finds ,  Jack

[BrittanyM]

5 minutes ago, Shellseeker said:

I like small , also.  Please post some of your finds ,  Jack

Here is one of my very small finds also from Tombigbee River  

[Al Dente]

2 minutes ago, BrittanyM said:

Here is one of my very small finds also from Tombigbee River  

Nice. These are Eocene shark teeth.

[BrittanyM]

4 hours ago, Al Dente said:

Nice. These are Eocene shark teeth.

2 tigers and 1 mackerel?? 

[Al Dente]

53 minutes ago, BrittanyM said:

2 tigers and 1 mackerel?? 

Upper left is Galeocerdo eaglesomei, bottom is Physogaleus secundus, and the last might be Tethylamna.

[Shellseeker]

3 hours ago, BrittanyM said:

2 tigers and 1 mackerel?? 

How do you like TFF answers so far, Brittany ? It is why I love this forum...

[BrittanyM]

17 minutes ago, Shellseeker said:

How do you like TFF answers so far, Brittany ? It is why I love this forum...

It’s very informative, I like it so far! 

[BrittanyM]

2 hours ago, Al Dente said:

Upper left is Galeocerdo eaglesomei, bottom is Physogaleus secundus, and the last might be Tethylamna.

I thought so thank you