Big fossil whale bone! 🐋 The rain was too heavy for a fossil hunt but still managed to get a bit of whale skull! This was dredged up from 1000m deep and is fully fossilized. It was dropped off today by Pete and is in great condition! It measures 700mm in length and is very solid. Some cool foramen and other features are visible, I'll have to try and figure out what their proper names are. It doesnt look to have suffered much bioerosion which sometimes happen with these bones from the depths. Bioerosion in bone is when organisms start breaking it down which leads to a loss of detail. Thanks for the amazing gift Pete! Edit: looks like its a beaked whale 🤩🤩🤩
Date posted: 30 May 2021, 6:15
