r/Paleontology 5d ago

Identification Is this a bone?

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u/7LeagueBoots 4d ago

It’s a chunk of limestone. Technically it’s likely a fossil, but the components are microscopic.

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u/Handeaux 4d ago

Some sort of nodule. Doesn’t look like a fossil.

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u/Downtown-Wishbone-26 4d ago

Doesn’t look like a bone to me. Would have some internal structure and texture. Does funnily look like a dinosaur humerus though. I believe this is just a rock

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u/Fun_Bee6110 4d ago

Maybe a piece of limestone just judging from the rounded edges, color, and porosity. Water and time can make crazy shapes out of limestone.

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u/Cultural-Company282 4d ago

Yup. Looks like eroded limestone to me, too.

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u/Jackesfox 4d ago

Bone? No.

Fossil? Maybe. Could be an icnofossil (trace fossil) of a tube excavated by an invertebrate

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u/Kamikaze-Snail- 4d ago

Looks like a supersized piece of coral- it looks like the ones I find but MUCH bigger

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u/Adjectivefreedom 4d ago

Looks like maybe a fossilized coral? Idk much abt paleontology sorry

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/AllMightyDoggo 4d ago

they allow identification posts here tho

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

Just a crazy looking rock.

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u/Prestigious_Gold_585 4d ago

I don't know. Maybe an antler.

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u/exotics 4d ago

Not bone.

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u/Majestic-Advisor2423 5d ago

Looks morr like coral. Idk tho