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Shark bone?

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3 Comments

LuckyLogan
LuckyLogan 10 years ago

@TJginger
"No, sharks and all other fishes belonging to the class Chondrichthyes lack true bone, but rather have cartilaginous skeletons ... Due to cartilage being softer than bone, it is very rare to find complete fossil remains of sharks" http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/education/...

"No sharks do not have bones."
http://beachchairscientist.com/2009/01/0...

"...sharks possess skeletons made completely of cartilage"
http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/as...

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 10 years ago

Just saw this! It is hard to get a sense of scale from the picture. Do you remember a size? Do you have any measurements?

Please consider adding this to the "Identifying Animals Through Osteology Mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8475...

LuckyLogan
LuckyLogan 10 years ago

Sharks dont have bones. Maybe it's a whale bone.

Pochempie
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Pochempie

Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Spotted on Jul 9, 2013
Submitted on Jul 10, 2013

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