anyone know what this bone is?
Posted by Inevitable_Ad8398@reddit | whales | View on Reddit | 7 comments
it was huge. definitely a whale, just can’t tell what bone!
Posted by Inevitable_Ad8398@reddit | whales | View on Reddit | 7 comments
it was huge. definitely a whale, just can’t tell what bone!
Vincentbloodmarch@reddit
That is a dope find!
Empty_Put_1542@reddit
Is there a landscape image of where it was found?
ArtHefty542@reddit
It’s the skull of a large whale (heavily broken). It’s also upside down which isn’t helping but I’ve labelled a couple of the key bits here:
Here’s a link to a Minke whale skull as a comparison: (https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Photograph-of-a-minke-whale-skull-B-acu21-not-part-of-our-study-a-Ventral-view-of_fig5_223970413)
Nice find!!!! They always look alien to me!
anu-nand@reddit
Crazy! Our Foramen Magnum is probably 1/5th of its.
Inevitable_Ad8398@reddit (OP)
wow!! thank you so much!!!!
TesseractToo@reddit
This is a skull, the cranium part. The nasal bones are missing. Probably a hump[back although its hard to tell without the nasal bones
It is upside down, the front is to the left
ushavefun@reddit
I’m not 100% sure, but it looks like a whales pelvic bone.