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Is this a bird fossil?


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This fossil is in limestone. I don’t know where the limestone was quarried. It came out of a fireplace that was removed from a house in Lane county Oregon. I don’t know how old the house was as I never saw it. I have included a picture of the fireplace just in case that is helpful in any way.

 

Not all images have measurements and I apologize for that.

 

I ask if this is a bird because I feel like I see a small skull and bird feet, perhaps a pelvic bone and a breast bone. It also looks like feather quills. Maybe that’s just me wanting to see something. Any help would be much appreciated. 2024-10-1702_19_58.thumb.jpeg.06b7067347440c8ec07e832faa721614.jpeg2024-10-1702_26_46.thumb.jpeg.51410f02c22dfecce7505766837e89b6.jpeg2024-10-1703_01_16.thumb.jpeg.9625df6fab6376e886ab866afe16809f.jpeg2024-10-1702_21_25.thumb.jpeg.bebe3ef36689692abb445d0ca9f1e229.jpeg2024-10-1702_21_36.thumb.jpeg.cc1128812e0ed00cbc25f3c185ea55b4.jpeg2024-10-1702_23_33.thumb.jpeg.4550b1768ec5c298f566df0386103d17.jpeg2024-10-1702_23_50.thumb.jpeg.a7ba04aecc4777a052bbac0d53962c68.jpeg2024-10-1702_24_30.thumb.jpeg.1f8762e667b051703e7e686cb6f30db5.jpeg2024-10-1702_24_44.thumb.jpeg.460d4a17ef58eb7182a081fffc023ec0.jpeg2024-10-1702_27_34.thumb.jpeg.7a65bb7ea61a7d6c6e0024919b86010e.jpeg2024-10-1702_27_50.thumb.jpeg.e4e00290fed01d37a6ed78913211e936.jpeg2024-10-1702_28_00.thumb.jpeg.519bc78a5291640d0d013213ab5dc7b4.jpeg2024-10-1702_35_48.thumb.jpeg.2fe660de360a76845304b2afbc9aa46b.jpeg2024-10-1702_36_03.thumb.jpeg.3e84b891142bb1fa1d83d9d94d3cd097.jpeg2024-10-1702_58_51.thumb.jpeg.88f0a11f55c5e548db315210cc923c1c.jpeg2024-10-1702_59_29.thumb.jpeg.78a3c6f3193e3581600e05cf63cf9ab9.jpeg2024-10-1702_59_47.thumb.jpeg.390340ff3b010d2c07fd307ad9112c60.jpegIMG_1855.thumb.jpeg.a40f8639e60c4740aecfd2a5f1b58bd2.jpeg2024-10-1703_01_16.thumb.jpeg.112d4850a18456ab47a949e4009e149f.jpeg2024-10-1703_02.32(2).thumb.jpeg.d52b9b1d114a78cffb21718ddeb63e6a.jpeg2024-10-1703_03.41(2).thumb.jpeg.64292e259abb0ce749a63d0b3b56ec90.jpeg2024-10-1703_04.18(2).thumb.jpeg.9f70a5d33948d050e9f4580fd55cc1ba.jpeg2024-10-1703_05_15.thumb.jpeg.a8f6c3425ad0ce752879efaa5bc23b0d.jpeg2024-10-1703_06_41.thumb.jpeg.988550543f46c174d41e0297acd5d73e.jpeg2024-10-1703_07_04.thumb.jpeg.bb958022baaccca87231538b54c94118.jpeg2024-10-1703_07_33.thumb.jpeg.08f42d0238c4f7ad83f57fe1a107c84d.jpeg2024-03-0614_32.26(2).thumb.jpeg.c45b2eceda14b807fa40fc1312438cd3.jpeg

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Sorry, this doesn't look like a bird fossil to me. I'm not certain, but they look more like fragments of rudist bivalve to me. 

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You've certainly given us enough to look at, but I'm sorry to say that I'm also not seeing anything obviously bird-like here.

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

http://www.steinkern.de/

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A bivalve would make more sense in limestone.
 

Here’s one more photo labeled with what I see. Just for good measure. 🙄

 

 

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Fish fragments is my first impression...

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I believe you have a partial fish skull with the sections you thought were feathers are the gills

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