sweeneyb Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I found this in the peace river a couple weeks ago and was wondering if anyone could tell me what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Auspex Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Interesting form, but I can't see any organic structure. "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...
Harry Pristis Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Interesting form, but I can't see any organic structure. Show us an occlusal (grinding surface) view of the tooth along with several views of the lumpy fossil. 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...
tracer Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 i am of the same opinion as auspex. when a fossil "bone" like that isn't showing any cancellous/spongy cell structure at the areas where it is worn off and rounded, i start questioning whether it's bone. i also don't see any haversian "pits", which would be indicative of bone. there are some of the tarsals, like the navicular bone that sometimes preserve very well without wear, but what you have doesn't look like any of them and it's got definite rounding from wear. don't know what it is, but it doesn't click in my 8088 mental processor as a bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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