Found a fossolized bone at the beach IDENTIFIED!!!

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So i found a long, 8 inch...ish, complete bone in the sand. It js mostly black with white cream color. Its light weight and solid, but because of how ligjt it is, i wonder if its fossilized all the way through. So, an attempt to age it, how long does it take a bone to turn black in the ocean? Coastal nc.

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Here is the bone

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Thanks bud!

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A little thought and research went a long way to id it. Now that its dried out, it rattles full of sand. Figured its hollow and a bird bone. Only bird this size I could think of was a pelican. I looked up pelican wing bone and got this link.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pelican+wing+bone&client=ms-android-sprint-us&source=android-browser&prmd=simvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwil1syuvY_gAhWhnuAKHbdBBS4Q_AUoAnoECA0QAg&biw=360&bih=512#imgrc=u2DbTLLGJqT1TM

Exact match. Only, mine is the left wing. So now im left to wonder how old it is. Im going to the local museum tomorrow.