What is it

Armistead · 03-25-22, 09:32 AM

People are guessing dinosaur bone, but doesn't seem to match the record size of any found. It's a 1909 postcard pic. What do you think? Some guess whale, but doesn't appear to be any whale bone. Sort of looks like a femur but the record is 6.5 ft.

Rockstar · 03-25-22, 09:48 AM

I’m thinking it’s a whale skull

mapuc · 03-25-22, 09:48 AM

I think it is a kind of porous or limestone that over time has formed so that it looks like a bone from a dinosaur It could also be ordinary stone

Markus

Platapus · 03-25-22, 04:41 PM

not enough is visible to make a determination

Catfish · 03-25-22, 04:59 PM

From my (admittedly ageing) paleontologic background i would identify it as a whale skull.

mapuc · 03-25-22, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

From my (admittedly ageing) paleontologic background i would identify it as a whale skull.

Then it must be from some prehistoric 'cause I don't think we have whales that huge-yes we have the Blue whale, which is our biggest mammal on our planet.

Markus

d@rk51d3 · 03-25-22, 07:25 PM

Looks like a Sperm Whale to me.

Jimbuna · 03-26-22, 05:18 AM

A whale

03-25-22, 09:48 AM	#3
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	I think it is a kind of porous or limestone that over time has formed so that it looks like a bone from a dinosaur It could also be ordinary stone Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

03-25-22, 04:41 PM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	not enough is visible to make a determination __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-25-22, 04:59 PM	#5
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	From my (admittedly ageing) paleontologic background i would identify it as a whale skull. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

03-26-22, 05:18 AM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A whale __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-25-22, 09:48 AM	#2
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I’m thinking it’s a whale skull

03-25-22, 07:25 PM	#7
d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,951 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	Looks like a Sperm Whale to me.