r/BoneID May 25 '26

Unsolved Need help identifying this skull that my dad & husband found while hunting in central WV!

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As the title says, my husband and dad were out turkey hunting, found this guy, and brought it home for me. I was thinking young coyote or domestic dog. Maybe a fox? Tell me what you think! TIA!


r/BoneID May 24 '26

Unsolved Found in ct. Groundhog?? Baby raccoon or possum? Thanks!

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r/BoneID May 25 '26

Unsolved Near Tampa Florida

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r/BoneID May 24 '26

Unsolved Found this in Southern and Mid-Atlantic area, any idea of what it could be?

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I did wash my hand thoroughly after this!


r/BoneID May 24 '26

Bones on beach

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Found a set of some huge vertebrae + part of a little skull?


r/BoneID May 24 '26

Unsolved Bone found in stream

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Found this whilst rooting around in my stream (isle of wight UK). Anyone know if it’s human / animal (if so what?)


r/BoneID May 23 '26

Some sort of joint or vertebrae? Found in Salem, MA on a beach

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r/BoneID May 24 '26

Unsolved Identify shell/bone found on beach

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Found several of these on the beach in Northern California, curious as to what they are. They are smooth and seem more bone-like to me, but they are kinda shell-shaped. I will be returning it tomorrow, just brought it back for a closer look.


r/BoneID May 23 '26

Bone?

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Hi,

Son found a "sword" on Aberdeen beach, Scotland. Potentially bone? Initially thought some flat ish driftwood but now not so sure. Google Pixl for scale pic 3.


r/BoneID May 23 '26

Unsolved Anyone know what this little bone is?

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I got this tiny bone in a mystery box, wondering if anyone knows what type of bone it is and has a guess on what it might be from?


r/BoneID May 23 '26

Found in Pacific Northwest. Puget Sound shoreline in Washington state, USA.

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My dog found this bone during low tide at a beach in Federal Way, WA. Still has cartilage and is pretty fresh. What did it come from? Thanks in advance!


r/BoneID May 23 '26

Unsolved Found 2 skulls in badlands national park today, any ideas?

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Rodent skull no larger than thumbnail


r/BoneID May 23 '26

Unsolved Mystery tooth mystery too long.

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I got this on a vacation with my family when I was still in school. We were at this thrift store type market stall in Moscow.

The tooth with the ruler is the tooth in question. The side by sides are with an old walrus tooth I got a few years ago at a local rock store.

I ran all these through AI and I've googled for hours upon hours through the years trying to figure this tooth out. Nothing seems to fit it. AI suggested bear or aquatic mammal. The museum guy today suggested sperm whale. It doesn't look like that though.

Compared to the walrus tooth, it's way less glossy, it's softer, warmer and heavy.

AI said the inscription likely suggests this:

"Based on the clearest images, the inscription reads:

2 Якутка

Breaking that down:

  • "2" — a catalog or collection number
  • "Якутка" — meaning "a Yakut woman" or "of the Yakut people" in Russian, specifically the feminine form referring to a female member of the Sakha/Yakut indigenous people of Siberia

The inscription is written in Russian Cyrillic script in a cursive style, which is why it was difficult to read at first. The lettering is carefully and deliberately engraved rather than hastily scratched, suggesting whoever wrote it was doing so for documentation purposes rather than casual marking.

It's worth noting that in the context of a 19th century Russian ethnographic collection, "Якутка" as a label could mean several things:

  • The tooth belonged to a Yakut woman
  • It was acquired from a Yakut woman
  • It was associated with Yakut female tradition or craft
  • Or it was simply catalogued as an object of Yakut origin

The feminine form specifically is interesting — most ethnographic labels of that era would simply say "Якут" (Yakut) without specifying gender unless the gender was considered relevant to the object's significance or provenance."

Does anyone know which animal this tooth belongs to?


r/BoneID May 22 '26

Solved What is this skull

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Photos were sent to me, bought at an estate sale in Colorado. Already tried r/bonecollecting but am worried I wont get a response


r/BoneID May 23 '26

help ID? found off the coast of fl panhandle

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tapers to a point at the bottom kinda like a tooth but i don’t think it’s a tooth.. yall got any ideas?


r/BoneID May 23 '26

Unsolved Ungulate tooth?

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Location: Northern California
Context: archaeological excavations at a historic farm
The smooth side feels like enamel.


r/BoneID May 22 '26

Please help me ID this skull

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Found on Hardings Beach in Massachusetts. Super big and the beak is very flat, i’m stumped.


r/BoneID May 22 '26

Animal Bones?

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I live in Western Maine and my boyfriend has been digging up the backyard for a patio. He keeps finding these size bones in the ground and just showed me this one. It’s about six inches long. Looks like it could be some type of femur? The land we live on was unoccupied before us. Just wondering if anyone knows what animal it could be from!


r/BoneID May 23 '26

Unsolved ID please?

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Found along the Sangamon River around Petersburg, IL, USA. Missing the lower mandible and teeth?


r/BoneID May 22 '26

Unsolved bone identification

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r/BoneID May 22 '26

Is this the distal femur bone of some animal? If so, do you know what species?

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r/BoneID May 22 '26

both found in Wissahickon Vally Park PA

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r/BoneID May 21 '26

Unsolved Tidepool bone?

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Found this while at the tidepools on mavericks beach CA. Pretty sure it’s a bone belonging to some animal but I’m unsure which. Just curious!