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Seal Fossils
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Seal |
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Seal bits & pieces that I've picked up over the past 5 collecting seasons.... |
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Seal finger and/or toe bones.
North Carolina, USA - Seal |
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These are some large seal flipper bones. I don't know if they are fingers or toes. Seal bones are not common fossils to find. It seems the more tasty the animals were the less that was left over after dinner to become fossils. These are river finds and are probably from the Yorktown formation. ... |
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Seal Canine Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Seal |
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Spring 2007's Lee Creek trip was a trip of firsts for me. This is my first seal tooth. Luckily Pat Young was near me when I picked this up. I thought it was a squalodon tooth, but she showed me the two ridges on this enamel that run from the tip to the root.... |
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1 7/8" Seal Carpal Bone
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Seal |
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This is one of the cooler things I dug out of the Yorktown. Thanks to Becky Hine for the ID.... |
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