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Camel partial tibia? Late Pleistocene Northern Lithuania
D.N.FossilmanLithuania posted a topic in Fossil ID
Dear Guys, Few months ago I found this partial tibia that is 20 cm length and has less protuberant central ridge than auroch or horse. The other interesting feature is oblong shallow pit in the side of central ridge and also smooth surface of plain bone part when horses have horizontal wrinkles of bone and bison or auroch has longitudinal waves in the same surface part. The frontal protuberant ridge, its low height and visible oblong pit in the side makes me think it should belong to camel but the only camel genus of European Pleistocene is Paracamelus that is found in Romania. If anyone knows Pleistocene mammals well and has comparative material, please help to confirm this bone or identify as another taxon. Any help will be very appreciated! Best Regards Domas- 12 replies
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- building site in siaulai city
- late pleistocene
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Dear Guys, I recently changed my living place and now live in Kursenai, I found this bone about two weeks ago. It is 20 cm length partial tibia. There is one foramen in one side of the upper part like in horse tibia but horse tibia has horizontal wrinkles in the upper part near the upper plateau. Bisons and stag mooses have vertical groove like wrinkles in this bone (they are visible in the hind bone surface in all the length). I checked tapir tibia in google images (Miocene and Pliocene of Europe and Pleistocene of North America) and the tibial ridge in the upper part has very similar shape and the bones are quite smooth like this. The find is definitely fossil because this bone is dark and heavy, somewhere black areas are visible. Please help to confirm tapir if my ideas are right or identify this bone as from another animal. Any help will be appreciated! Best Regards Domas
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- building site
- excavated mud layers
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