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1.3m diameter vertebrae found

 
 
Reply Thu 10 Sep, 2015 12:16 pm
I've found a 1.3m diameter vertebrae and was wondering what is could be off please? It looks very much like a whale bone but never seen one so large?
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farmerman
 
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Reply Thu 10 Sep, 2015 12:51 pm
@Benn8543,
you should find out the geology and environment from which it came before you do anything else


you did mean 1.3 meters ?
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Thu 10 Sep, 2015 01:34 pm
@Benn8543,
Benn why not post a snapshot of your find
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Banana Breath
 
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Reply Thu 10 Sep, 2015 07:03 pm
@Benn8543,
If you found it in back of a school, I might guess it's just a plaster prop from a school play. Legit vertebrae that size are rarely found, but certainly exist. The largest dinosaur vertebra ever found was about that size, from the 85-foot long "Dreadnoughtus."
http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wunc/files/styles/large/public/201409/alison2.jpg
http://wunc.org/post/nc-state-student-uncovered-neck-bone-biggest-dinosaur-ever#stream/0
Some whales can have an even greater width (though finer bones) such as this, from a blue whale:
http://i60.tinypic.com/210fzhv.jpg
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2216545-181/buried-whale-skeleton-unearthed-reassembled?gallery=2339173
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