✅ SOLVED a stumper

[Older The Better]

trying to identify bone found in an Indian site this one has me stumped its so small. i dont see anything rodent related, its not frog or snake or turtle, maybe a fish? it doesn't look like the gar jaw i found. I'm not even sure its a jaw maybe its some kind of spine but those little bumps sure do look like teeth. I cant think of any other small predatory animals

 

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[DCMatt]

Wow it's tiny. Shrew mandible? Missing the front teeth and otherwise degraded...

 

[rick67]

Your not kidding small

 

[Kray Gelder]

Yup, shrew or mole, I'm thinking.

 

[kingskid1611]

Chupacabra.....a baby one.

 

[Older The Better]

i think ive recovered a mole
shrew was a good thought but I'm not seeing how the teeth wind up so different even with wear

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Perhaps it's not a mandible at all.

Catfish barbs . . .

 

[old digger]

I agree with Charlie.

 

[Older The Better]

your pic wouldn't load on my phone for some reason now that i looked on the laptop i think Charlie p nailed it. great to know. one more thing they must have been eating up there

 

[Rookster]

Holy moly.. That's small. I'd starve to death.