Can anyone help with identifying this object please?
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Can anyone help with identifying this object please? Found on a beach in Fife, Scotland. It’s very light, definitely not a stone. I was wondering if it could be part of the spine of a cetacean? #AskFedi
@thebaywindowgirl it definitely looks like a spinal bone of some sort. But I don't know enough for a positive Id of the species. The fact that it is round the way it is makes me think that it is very weathered and thus more difficult to identify.
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@thebaywindowgirl @helenclayton I thought it was a fossilized crumpet.
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@thebaywindowgirl @helenclayton I thought it was a fossilized crumpet.
@sheepnik @thebaywindowgirl shows how we think
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Can anyone help with identifying this object please? Found on a beach in Fife, Scotland. It’s very light, definitely not a stone. I was wondering if it could be part of the spine of a cetacean? #AskFedi
@thebaywindowgirl Fossilised sea sponge?
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@thebaywindowgirl @helenclayton I thought it was a fossilized crumpet.
@sheepnik @helenclayton I’d be very disappointed if someone offered me a crumpet that thin.
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@sheepnik @helenclayton I’d be very disappointed if someone offered me a crumpet that thin.
@thebaywindowgirl @helenclayton It may have got squashed over the millennia.
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@thebaywindowgirl @helenclayton It may have got squashed over the millennia.
@sheepnik @thebaywindowgirl they are pretty squashy.
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Can anyone help with identifying this object please? Found on a beach in Fife, Scotland. It’s very light, definitely not a stone. I was wondering if it could be part of the spine of a cetacean? #AskFedi
@thebaywindowgirl it definitely looks like bone.
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@thebaywindowgirl it definitely looks like bone.
@thebaywindowgirl @PaoloViscardi might be able to help ID it.
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@thebaywindowgirl @helenclayton It may have got squashed over the millennia.
@sheepnik @helenclayton Fair point.
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Can anyone help with identifying this object please? Found on a beach in Fife, Scotland. It’s very light, definitely not a stone. I was wondering if it could be part of the spine of a cetacean? #AskFedi
it resembles what you find as
whale vertebrae discs -
though i cant say if the images shown here are authentic or verified.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Whale+vertebrae+Disc&iar=images&t=ffab
#whale experts needed -
#cetology #cetologist #marineMammals -
@qpocooriginal Ooh, thank you. That’s the thing.
@thebaywindowgirl @qpocooriginal
Is it known whether the identification by this auction house is correct?
that it s #whale #bone and not #petrified #wood? -
@thebaywindowgirl Not an expert at all. But to me it looks like some kind of sponge.
I would've guessed coral. Still cool, though.
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it resembles what you find as
whale vertebrae discs -
though i cant say if the images shown here are authentic or verified.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Whale+vertebrae+Disc&iar=images&t=ffab
#whale experts needed -
#cetology #cetologist #marineMammals@sebastian @thebaywindowgirl I agree, looks like the epiphysis of a whale vertebra. From a younger individual, where they are not fused with the main bone of the vertebra.
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Can anyone help with identifying this object please? Found on a beach in Fife, Scotland. It’s very light, definitely not a stone. I was wondering if it could be part of the spine of a cetacean? #AskFedi
@thebaywindowgirl looks kinda like the bones of some coral species. Also reminds me of a sand dollar.
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Can anyone help with identifying this object please? Found on a beach in Fife, Scotland. It’s very light, definitely not a stone. I was wondering if it could be part of the spine of a cetacean? #AskFedi
@thebaywindowgirl Cool find indeed!
Also, FWIW, real keys can be made from pictures of keys…
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