Dnicewave Posted Wednesday at 04:05 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:05 PM Large fragment found in Myrtle Beach, seems to straight to be a rounded rib section but because of its size I think it may be a part of a whale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted Wednesday at 04:12 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:12 PM Chunk-o-therium. I don't think this can be ID'd further than Chunk of bone. Probably Mammal. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted Wednesday at 06:12 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:12 PM Could be cetacean, but I don't think it's rib bone. 1 1 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark57 Posted Wednesday at 11:06 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 11:06 PM It's about the right size and shape to be a section of baleen whale jaw. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted Thursday at 01:10 PM Share Posted Thursday at 01:10 PM Except the texture seems strange to me. The size and shape are not enough to tell what it is. I don’t see any alveoli. Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted Thursday at 01:59 PM Share Posted Thursday at 01:59 PM It is close.... The contours of the broken end is similar and the baleen would lay in a groove on top, but I have some fragments of whale jaw (maybe close to the tip) where the baleen slot seems missing. 2 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 will22c Posted Thursday at 02:09 PM New Members Share Posted Thursday at 02:09 PM That looks to me more like a type of igneous rock than a bone. I might be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted Thursday at 02:51 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:51 PM 12 minutes ago, will22c said: That looks to me more like a type of igneous rock than a bone. I might be wrong though. Looks can be deceptive. I hunt Bone Valley and the Peace River in South Central Florida. We have never had any source of magma. https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/63327-finally-1st-since-jan-6th/#comment-662469 This from the 8 year old link above. When I found it, I did not know what a Baleen whale Jaw looked like. This comment from Robert Boessenecker, one of the foremost whale experts in the world. It is one of the fantastic characteristics of TFF that we can attract experts. 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...
shark57 Posted Thursday at 06:29 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:29 PM 5 hours ago, Coco said: Except the texture seems strange to me. The size and shape are not enough to tell what it is. I don’t see any alveoli. Coco Baleen whales do not have teeth or alveoli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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