petrified antler?

[unclemac]

well this is beyond my experience...I find a lot of petrified wood and lots of agatized marine life, clams, snails, nautiloids, and the like but is this a petrified antler tine? First off, it is 100% most definitely stone. It looks, even in color with that white tip, like an elk tine. I posted a close up of the surface pattern...and how about that rectangular open end? Anyone see this before?

 

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[Older The Better]

Whew that’s a tricky one, other options that come to mind are part of a pelvis or scapula... or less exciting some sort of coral or geologic anomaly.

 

[pa plateau hiker]

I doubt it's an antler. Antlers are solid bone, not hollow.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Antlers are solid. I think what you may have is a giant ground sloth claw sheath. Or some smaller ground sloth of the Holocene era.

Google "Megatherium"

 

[ticndig]

It looks like a tooth to me . but I'm not knowledgeable about such things.

 

[Older The Better]

Antlers are solid. I think what you may have is a giant ground sloth claw sheath. Or some smaller ground sloth of the Holocene era.

Google "Megatherium"

I wanted to say possibly a sort of claw sheath but I don’t have much experience with claws so I refrained. Since you put it out there I can get behind it.

 

[old digger]

It sure looks like a fossilized tooth or claw sheath. You can see the growth layers in the third photo. That is a thinker for sure.

 

[unclemac]

what about the surface texture? is that correct for a claw sheath?

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I see some images that look similar to your image.

 

[GoldieLocks]

It just looks like wood to me. Petrified things turn dark.

 

[unclemac]

It just looks like wood to me. Petrified things turn dark.

yeah, but that rectangle hole in the base and the pattern on the surface make me think not.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

It just looks like wood to me. Petrified things turn dark.

Depends on the soil. And we're talking 10,000 years ago. Not 65,000,000.