This week I have a mystery object for you from one of Dublin’s hidden gems, the Trinity College Zoological Museum:
It caught my eye when I was studying some of their Blaschka models for a project I’m involved in and I thought you might like to have a go at working out what this jaw might be from.
Have fun!
Zygoma 
The owner of this lower jaw may have a moustache which is as prominent as his upper canine teeth
I’m inclined to a marine preditor. Maybe a furry beast.
Oh what big teeth he has! (In the upper jaw at least…). I’m disappointed I didn’t get to see the one that recently visited the UK.
A bit tricky because in this species specimens have a varied number of lower teeth. Its upper canine has probably been turned into a knife handle or even a crucifix, or Medieval chessman, or …
pegged teeth? something’s fishy around here.
Maybe I live in the ocean and move my tail in and up and down motion. Or perhaps a forest creature, or a unicorn with big tooth features.
I have no idea but I’m looking forward to the answer.
I like the spider. You folks don’t dust very often, eh?
Ha! That’s part of the NatSCA logo on the scale bar 😉
I was wondering if it were two toed or three toed…
Sort of no-toed 😉
Hah!
After lots of pondering I wanted it to be a camel, but I see from earlier responses that this is the Carpenter’s friend. Oh the poor oysters…
Paolo, were you concerned a lateral view would give this away?
No, just too darn busy to spend longer taking photos 🙂
The time has come….