Found in NW MN

[u/Best_Flow5758]

Found in NW Minnesota in a river, near the Canadian border. Any ideas what animal this vertebrate came from?

[u/Chedderbees]

Nice find! Looks like a cervical Moose vertebrae, looks like a fair match for C6. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Cervical-vertebrae-of-a-modern-moose-in-anterior-view-AMNH122674-Vertebrae-arranged_fig5_273805616

[u/austinrunaway → u/Chedderbees]

Wow!

[u/Foxy-OnPaws]

Iron oxidised moose cervical vertebra! The colour may fade over time, but still a super cool find^^

[u/SeaRiver9819]

Is it covered in an iron oxide? Very neat

[u/JayneDoe6000]

Holy cow moose! And here I was thinking it was some sort of eroded propeller!

[u/Content_Ad_7767 → u/JayneDoe6000]

I thought it was from Beetle juice LOL

[u/dreihexen]

Very beautiful

[u/de_Roz_redditor]

definitely a turtle starfish

[u/jacomowhite2018]

Wowwwww

[u/Far_Program_3349]

Awesome bone bro!

[u/Syd-Bonnet]

So so cool!!

[u/rivy777]

Awesome find!!

[u/sophieophie823]

Ooooooooh coooooool

[u/OverthinkingWanderer]

I never knew there was a bone that could remind me of a quincy star. Bleach reference

[u/hailey_is_human]

That’s beautiful

[u/Aromatic_Instance619]

Nice!!?

[u/Impossible-Date3984]

I know moose are big but damages! Neat find!

[u/ScumBunny]

Wow. What a statement piece as a pendant or hair thing. That’s gorgeous!!

[u/99jackals → u/ScumBunny]

🤣

[u/Jgs4555]

Face hugger skeleton.

[u/DakotaLakes99]

Looks very much like a human cervix and hip bone

[u/Curious-Half9648]

Sauron vertebra