I was told it was found some decades ago in a river bed in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

I tried image searching it but couldn't quite find an equal one.

Also looks wrong for the location. Does anyone know which animal could it have been?

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago
[–] 8 points 1 year ago

Like others said, sea lion. Nice find, really nice

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Looks a bit like a seal skull to me.

    Edit: maybe a South American sea lion

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I'm just some guy, but I agree that it looks like a South American sea lion skull. Missing the lower jaw and some upper teeth, and possibly with a damaged sinus cavity

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    One of the tests they have for Palaeontology students is give them a Sea-lion skull, grey wolf skull, red fox skull and cast of a Thylacine skull.

    Most of the time, they can differentiate the sea-lion or the Wolf, (both Canids), but cant differentiate the Fox from the Tassie Tiger.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is this just a fun anecdote or are you telling me something about my guess? Because I just woke up and don't know how to take things yet

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    Some kind of boar?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I think it's a fish.

    To check, we count the number of bones in the skull. One in the bottom, one in the top, lots of teeth, but not enough to be a fish.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The almost cyclops like hole in the center is almost like a mastodon or elephant skull, but the teeth are definitely not and it doesn't appear to be that large... Maybe a big cat? A boar?

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