nerium1
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Any help with identification is appreciated!
Fossil found on the Oregon Coast. Is it a whale vertebra?
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NOLA_Ken
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It doesn't look fossilized to me, but it does look like it could be a large vertebrae. What it's from I have no idea though
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Look at elephant seal vertebrae it looks close to them.
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Contact the expert here. Bruce Mate | Hatfield Marine Science Center | Oregon State University
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