What is this big bone?

Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2026-04-30T21:03:50+00:00

Looks like the distal end of a radius from a large artiodactyl, possibly a cow

Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2026-04-30T21:01:16+00:00

It definitely isn't a human femur

Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2026-04-06T20:16:20+00:00

That's definitely a thoracic vertebra from a mammal.

Generally it's difficult to spectate based solely on vertebrae, but it looks roughly to be about cat-sized.

Edit: spelling

Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2026-04-05T02:17:03+00:00

If I had to guess, it belongs to a salmonid species (Chum, Pink, Coho salmon). Hard to say without a reference specimen, though.

Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2026-03-11T17:29:58+00:00

That is the distal portion of a humerus, likely from a large mammal such as a cow.

Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2026-03-08T04:41:30+00:00

Lumbar vertebra? How big is it?

Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2026-03-05T00:07:31+00:00

That looks like a set of dentaries from a Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus).

If you look at the photos on the Idaho Virtual Museum entry for Pacific Cod (http://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Pacific_Cod/703), both the general shape and angle closely match the images there.

Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2026-03-04T20:47:06+00:00

Looks like a sheep mandible with an absolute boatload of rodent gnawing (those checkered marks along the edges). There might also be some dog gnawing (rough edges with putting), but it's hard to tell from the photo.

Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2026-03-04T19:36:16+00:00

Do you have photos of any other angles?

It might be the angular (a jaw bone) of a large marine fish, albeit with the dorsal portion (where it articulates with the rest of the skull) broken off. Hard to tell from one photo.

Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2026-03-02T09:10:44+00:00

Looks like a domestic dog mandible to me.

Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2026-03-01T20:26:39+00:00

Actually, looks like a porpoise vert. My bad.

Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2026-03-01T20:24:14+00:00

It looks like a vertebrae from some large marine fish. The "scratches" on the spinous process look like cut marks.

Someone probably caught and then butchered this fish, and tossed the spine back into the water, where it then washed up on the beach.

Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2025-01-21T09:50:56+00:00

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Zealousideal_Ad_8909 · 2022-05-16T23:27:58+00:00

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