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Hi everyone! I'm now living just outside Saskatoon and I am working with the University of Saskatchewan's Museum of Natural Sciences. The Saskatoon area is largely undescribed in paleontological literature, so I have been visiting various sites around the city in the hope of finding some fossils. I found these specimens in sediment exposed by construction excavation. I have several other bone fragments from this site, all exhibiting mineral staining, but they are likely ribs and vertebrae which are difficult to identify to the species level. The first is clearly a mammal limb bone. I believe i
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I found this ungulate radius in the North Sulphur Creek outside of Ladonia, Texas. Am unsure if this is a bison or not (or horse? I don't know how to differentiate between even and odd toed radii), though I know that it dates to the Late Pleistocene. Would very much appreciate the ID help! (Sorry I don't have a ruler handy at the moment)
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Partial Cervus elaphus antler ( Red Deer ) found on an organised field trip this year Its Pleistocene in age and could be from the Ipswichian Stage. It has a rather gnarled appearance to it which I guess could have come from the Ice age gravels it was found in or even old rutting scars. What I have noticed is where the eyebrow branch is missing. Is it me or does the remnants of where the eyebrow branch once was looks to have been sliced off. Or does anyone think this is a natural break.
