Description: Hyperostotic fish vertebra. I've been told these are the result of a process called hyperostosis, an expansion of the bone while the animal is alive, but I don't have an explanation of how and why this process occurs. Anyone out there know?

Age: ?

Found By: DeRouin

Location Found: Peace River, near Zolfo Springs, FL

Current Custodian : Ed DeRouin

Identified By: Brian Beatty, Florida Museum of Natural History.

References: none.

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