Can anyone identify the animal this came from?

[HereWeGoAgain]

Pretty sure that looks like the claw of a young Cretaceous raptor.

That sure would be cool!!
I havent been able to find a real match in all of my searches.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I just looked it up, it is extinct. Caninia thrived from the Devonian to the Permian periods, worldwide.

Here's some that was found in northern Texas and is approximately 305 million years old...

Anyway. Good luck in your research.


For some reason the thread reminded me of this scene. Heh heh....

It doesnt resemble any of these.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Awe fer ***** sake!!!
I guess I'm going to have to find out what it is from a pro.
I thought for sure one of our USMB genius's would be able to identify the damn thing.

 

[toobfreak]

That sure would be cool!!
I havent been able to find a real match in all of my searches.

Sure seems the right shape. Problem is that it is in such bad shape being under the water so long and we don't have it in front of any of us to really hold and examine.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Sure seems the right shape. Problem is that it is in such bad shape being under the water so long and we don't have it in front of any of us to really hold and examine.

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Canyon lake was first filled in 1968 by the New Braunfels river.
No telling what was covered by all that water over the years.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

As a kid we used to go to Lake LBJ, which was named after Lyndon B Johnson.
The lake in those years was very remote. A friend of the family had a cabin on the southern side of the lake across from Pack Saddle Mountain.
On the Northern side was a very cool old cabin. It's long gone now but I do have a painting of it that was done by Rudy Tomjanovich's
Wife in around 72. She was the Wife of the Rockets coach.
I'll take a pic of it and post it.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

What about weight? How heavy is it?

Maybe it's a broken piece of something?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

No, i don't think i am...that thing you have is really curved. Like a eagle talon or something.

or more like a Pterodactyl, right?

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

or more like a Pterodactyl, right?

Sure man, why not.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

What about weight? How heavy is it?

Maybe it's a broken piece of something?

It's clearly a claw. As far as the weight goes I'll have to check with my cocai....uh I mean kitchen scale.

 

[lg325]

If it turns out to be a broken handle of a coffee cup we will all laugh.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Sure seems the right shape. Problem is that it is in such bad shape being under the water so long and we don't have it in front of any of us to really hold and examine.

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It wasnt underwater for too long.
They dammed the Guadalupe river in 64.
If I had to guess I'd say it was where it was before they dammed the river and the water eventually exposed it.