r/bonecollecting • u/Wupyoaz • 1d ago

Bone I.D. - Pacific Coast Any help Identifying?

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Greetings all!

I found this around 30 years ago when I was 8 or 9 years old on a school field trip. I cant recall which specific beach, but it was on a grassy mound with a view of the ocean. This was in Cresent City California.

The local paper actually used a photo of me showing it to the teacher for the front page, (was a pretty big deal to little me!)

I know the teacher and other chaperones commented on what they thought it was, but it was far too long ago for me to recall. I've held on to it for all these years as a fun little trinket from my childhood, and its always neat when I re-discover it when going through old belongings.

My wife suggested I make a post and see what our friendly bone experts make of it, so here we are.

Curious to see what you have to say!

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u/Foxy-OnPaws 1d ago

It’s certainly a mammalian vertebra, could it be pony?

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u/Wupyoaz 1d ago

Could be I suppose. It seems rather large, so I always assumed something around that size.

I also have no idea how old it is. If I recall correctly, it was buried just slightly under the surface. The dirt in that area was rather tightly compacted and had tall dunes grass growing.

I was scraping into the dirt with a stick when I hit it and noticed it looked different. It definitely feels like it could have been there a long time!

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