Good day on the lower Potomac yesterday

[StoneHunter]

Pretty good day on the Potomac river yesterday. Not pictured are 33 assorted small teeth, a small, two row section of a ray dental plate, crab claws, etc. I'm hoping someone might know what the black object is which is pictured with the leg bone? Cheers!









- The (deer?) leg bone is in fact fossilized.
- Not sure what this is, possible horn core? It's solid and heavy.

 

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[mindcrime1988]

Wow, that is quite a collection of finds. Well done.

 

[Shorewalker]

Nice going Stonehunter! Some excellent finds!

 

[CaptEsteban]

It could be a manatee/dugong rib bone.

 

[BLK HOLE]

Great job!! Them some fine teeth

 

[Captain Danger]

That is the distal end of a dugong (manatee) rib. There is very little marrow and the bone is very heavy and dense because they used these as ballast to balance the creature underwater.

Jon

 

[Older The Better]

Your leg bone I would guess with that deep groove is a metapodial, deer looks about right