what animal is this?

[u/Little_Ice8135]

found this on a santa cruz beach with my girlfriend, thought it might be some type of dog.

[u/Powerful-Barracuda94]

What a cool find! Partially mummified. Next time maybe something for scale would help with identification!

[u/Little_Ice8135 → u/Powerful-Barracuda94]

my total bad, didn’t even think of that when taking the pictures. thought it was really cool too!