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Hey all! I went out last week and still cannot identify this. Please help end the madness of “what is this???” Thanks!
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some one found this in a cornfield. I believe it is burried in late Triassic or early Jurassic stratum red clay. So far I have found time only to remove some clay to expose some structure. Some one said it could be the sacrum of some vertebrate. Any clues? 7c35ee51f33f41262f21dc157ca6a037.mp4 4983c25394cfaf4c02879a056cc827e6.mp4
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I walk the nearby rivers with my wife frequently, especially when the water is gets very low. We are located in south central Minnesota. We find many bison teeth, horns, bones, etc. We also pick up many shell fossils in matrix (lots of limestone around us). On a recent trip we found this strange old gem. It appears to me to be a sacrum that has been afflicted by some kind of bone cancer or other disease, but for the life of me I cannot identify an animal in our area that matches the shape of the central ridge. I realize it might be fused with bits of the pelvis and vertebrae, but I am just wondering if anyone has even a guess on this one. I held it up to a deer sacrum and it didn't even seem close. I have a real human pelvis and it seemed close to that than to any of the animal specimens I have. I really doubt its human, but again, I am at a loss. I appreciate your help!
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I am a big fan of jurrasic sauropods and I therefore spend most of my time on preparing what is left of them. However, for a change I now started working on a slab of rock that seems to contain a series of fused sacral vertebrae by a theropod. The verts seem to belong to Allosaurus. Maybe not as cool as a sauropod fossil but I think that Allosaurus was a fascinating creature as well. The bones have been collected many years ago at Dana Quarry, Teen Sleep, Wyoming.
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Hey everyone! Found this sacrum vertebra last weekend. It measures 4.3 inches/109mm x 2.5 inches/63mm. I know it’s mammalian, I know it’s a sacrum vert, and I know it’s from a somewhat larger animal, but that’s about it. Any further direction or IDs would be awesome! @Shellseeker @Harry Pristis @Brandy Cole
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The river has been receding daily, and I found this sacrum two days ago laying in sandy gravel that had just been exposed. Mostly Pleistocene fossils here. Due to its size, I thought it may be from one of the larger herbivore mammals. But due to wear, it's a little hard for me to tell how tapered or straight the original structure was, which seems pretty diagnostic in differentiating between the species. Several examples I've seen look similar, but I'm having a hard time finding any with sizes listed, so I'm a little lost. Can anyone shed some more light on this? Thank you! --Brandy
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I found this reasonably well preserved partial sacrum (which I assume is either mammoth or mastodon), in the Brazos, a week and a half ago. It is finally dried out and I was able to treat it with paraloid. It was extremely fragile when found it. Size is about 290mm, 11.5 inches left to right in the photos. Is there any way to tell if it is mammoth vs mastodon? I've found both in this spot. I've not been able to find good images online, particularly for mastodon and nothing that describes differences (other than one note that said they may be hard to differentiate). Thanks! @JohnJ @Harry Pristis
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I’ve been working on this prep on and off for several months for a client and I finally finished it this week. It took 24 hours and there’s a huge pile of rock chips on my bench and lab floor thanks to this! This is the sacrum from a Triassic Phytosaur. Here’s a before and some after photos. This thing was covered in calcite and there were areas where it had displaced the bone and even grew into the bone itself. That stuff will make you lose your religion!
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Here's an interesting looking partial bone I found in the Lance fm. of Wyoming back in 2018 with PaleoProspectors. The guide I was with thought it could've been from the hip region of a reptile, possibly a champsosaur. After a few years of gradually improving my identification ability I now think it's a partial sacrum, but I am not sure. I want to know what my fellow forum members have to say about it.
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I found this sacrum along with some other Pleistocene bones along Peace River. Does anyone know what animal this may be from?
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I found this sacrum along with some other Pleistocene bones along Peace River. Does anyone know what animal this may be from?
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Hi all, This was found in NE Kansas among a bunch of other deer, cow and bison bones on a sandbar. Any idea what it is from?
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Hi all, I recently found a bunch of vertebrae on a river in NE Kansas. I have found parts from deer, cow and bison here. I do not know how to distinguish bovid vertebrae as well as some of you all do, so I need your help. I will follow up with more pics.
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So I have been going through mountains of Pleistocene material from Iowa and classifying the material by species. I have a lot of Bison material, Deer, Elk, Stag Moose, Sloth, Beaver (Small and Giant), and much more. I did come across one sacrum that I can not classify. Not sure if it is small bison, Cervalces (Stag Moose), or large Elk. I am sure someone here might be able to help me out. I am much better at those pesky marine reptiles and dinos than the modern mammals. Thanks in advance. Seth
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Posterior sacrum fragment of a dinosaur or crocodile.
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My latest purchase from a fellow TFF member. Coelodonta antiquitatis (Woolly Rhino) sacrum from Siberia.
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My family has been recently exploring construction sites along with creeks and small rivers in Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky searching for interesting fossils, rocks, and anything else that catches our eye. My 5 year old son has sworn for almost 2 years now that he will grow up to be a paleontologist. While many other kids his age want to play with toys he wants to fossil hunt and metal detect. I am a scientist at heart so I love helping him and once I found this forum I promised him that I would ask some experts if they could help identify the amazing items we have found. The first is this sacrum we discovered in a Northern Kentucky creek. My initial research leads me to believe it could be from a bison, but I welcome any and all opinions so that we can learn more. Thank you!!!
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