Prehistoric??

[treasure_lady]

I found this on the beach in Texas after they had been dredging the Houston ship channel between Galveston and Houston. It's about 3 1/2" long. It appears to be a finger or a claw of some kind. Anyone have a clue?? Thanks!

Marcia the treasure_lady

 

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[Cfm]

Looks like a mouse chewed bull horn or a petrified turd J/K

 

[The Pete]

It looks like a fossil to me.

 

[lotta102]

The picture where the end is shiny looks like it could possibly be a small antler. Maybe a saber tooth tigers tooth. Also looks like a plant that has been buried in the mud.

 

[junkdigger]

Ooh! That looks creepy! I'd better not have nightmare tonight.

 

[treasure_lady]

There is a dike where I found this... others have found prehistoric mammals/birds there... so it could be as suggested... a tooth of some sort... thanks for looking and giving your opinions folks!

 

[cheese]

It is fossilised coral.

 

[treasure_lady]

Thank you so much cheese.. the mystery is solved then!

 

[nicknyc]

i'm no expert, but that looks like a demon finger to me. yup. pure fossilized evil.

 

[ghost surf]

The it just reminds me of a nail from an horse shoe..I had horses and they had nails in there shoes with that simular curve when they were pulled out.But I am not sure it is .

 

[cedarratt]

Looks like some form of petrified coral to me.

 

[EDDE]

id lean to coral also or maybe a crinoid, a type of fibery fern. it have segments to the boby of it like a stack of coins would .or it spotty with pores like a coral would have?can help got some knowledge of this from home study DEKALB33

 

[treasure_lady]

Thanks for stopping by... it's always been a mystery to me... if I put it up side by side to my finger it looks the same size and the "knuckles" are at the same place. It does look like a petrified finger...but I'm certainly not an expert...but it's fun speculating!

 

[neverfindnothin]

even if it was a petrified turd it would still give me nightmares, interesting find