worthy 55 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I found this today in a creek. Does anyone know what it is from? It is solid bone not like a gator. And the teeth root holes angle to the back. :Cave Man: :Cave Man: It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 it reminds me of a segmant of a marine reptile jaw.....i know this isnt possible but neat find anyway! could it be croc jaw? "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Doesn't really look like Croc to me looks like porpoise. But I don't know anything so its just a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Looks like a marine mammal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 This looks a bit like it, but probably isn't.. it's a ichthyosaur reptile.. Got it off the net. Rather has the same shape though... Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 I found this today in a creek. Does anyone know what it is from? It is solid bone not like a gator. And the teeth root holes angle to the back. It's a toothed whale jaw. These are fairly common in the Miocene deposits of Bone Valley. Finding such pieces with teeth in a river is a seldom-to-never proposition. Consider Potomodelphis as a possibility, but there are others. 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...
worthy 55 Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 Thanks guys for the info!!!! :Thumbs-up: :Thumbs-up: :Thumbs-up: It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 I found a tooth in the same place as the jaw do you all think it fits? The tooth fits in all the sockets and has the same angle as the sockets also. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I'm thinking the middle socket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 I'm thinking the middle socket. Do you think it's the right kind of tooth for this jaw? It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I'm thinking it don't go i think its on the wrong side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Its from a long beaked miocene odontocete. I know that helps a lot! Possibilities: -Pomatodelphis -Eurhinodelphis -Zarchachis -early Kentriodontid (several genera) -Araeodelphis And about a half dozen others or so. I'll check the literature (I still need to make photocopies of Remington Kellogg's papers from the 1920's and 1950's describing all these fantastic cetaceans) and get back to you in a couple days. Bobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 I'm thinking it don't go i think its on the wrong side.See how the root of the tooth is curved the root sockets in the jaw are angled the same way. Thats why I wonder if that is the right tooth for this type of animal? :huh: It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 It is likely the same animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 It is likely the same animal. I agree, and I think Anson bay be right about being the opposite side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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