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Found on a beach in Italy (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Roccobot to c/whatisthisthing

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What you have is the posterior portion of a fish mandible, known as the articular.

[–] Anticorp 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

How did you know that?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My background is in zooarchaeology, so I've spent a lot of time identifying and analyzing bones from archaeological sites. (Although I'm not good with fish and reptiles. Mostly mammals and birds where I'm at.)

[–] Anticorp 3 points 11 months ago

Neat!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They’re a fish boner

[–] Anticorp 3 points 11 months ago

Schwing!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

You can tell by the pixels

[–] Roccobot 5 points 11 months ago

Thanks! 😍