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I found this vertebra a couple of weeks ago on a river gravel bank known for Pleistocene material. Can't figure it out. I'm not sure if it's missing a body and this is the top portion... or this is it. I think it's called the superior articular process.... seems like they "go way out there" to put it in simple country terms. Also the deep groove doesn't go all the way thru. Makes me think it's gator because other gator material was just unusual and something I'm not too familiar with. Size is 2 in. x 2.25 in. and 1.75 inches tall Sorry for all the photos ... just wanted to show it as good as I could.
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I found this today here in SE Texas on a river gravel bank. I can't figure it out. It's fully mineralized. It has these 2 grooves along the sides, one wraps around somewhat, that would make me think a tooth went there and one in the center that goes thru that has a flat surface on it and that's unusual to me. On the opposite side there is a facet which adds to my confusion because it's the only one. I can't say anything else about this it because I'm lost. No idea. And I really, really apologize about the amount of photos... with the light and shadows I was trying to capture as much as I could.
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I've been losing my mind over this one. I've found quite a few fossils that have been crushed, had all types of matrix on them and filled with them. This has me scratching my head because I've had fossils... teeth and bones before that had fragmented sections and small pieces barely holding on by matrix. There are pieces to this that fit that like it's a layer or an enamel. The outer lighter brown looks like some sort of matrix and it's covering the key end-sections, and the darker internal makes me think it's something like a fossil or tooth. Even though I don't see bone clearly or the porous internal of bone... I think it has been river worn so that I can't make out any features but I really think it's something. I've found some pretty beat up fossil similarly. It's a bummer because I feel the only way to really know would be to cut a cross section to get a clean view and I'd hate to do that plus wouldn't know the best way to do so. Does anyone recognize anything? It's a long shot. And maybe it's just geological and nothing more. Found in SE Texas on a river gravel bank where I find lots of Pleistocene material.
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I found this today on a river gravel bank here in SE Texas between rain showers. I know the river wears down a bone pretty good, but I'm trying to get some symmetry out of this if it were split down the center. Nothing on either side, top or bottom, match up. I guess it's due to wear. I don't recognize it. There's a small indention on one end that goes nowhere and it doesn't look like it belongs there... maybe the river dug that out? Is it a portion... top or bottom of a vertebra? It has an unusual shape to it and unusual grooves on the sides. Size is 2 x 1.5 inches
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I found this today on a gravel bar. It has serious wear to it, no doubt, but is there enough to be able to ID what it might be from? It's about 10 inches in length with what's left... more if complete.... same with the width... it's missing a lot of it, but it's still at about 3.5 inches. It's still being cleaned, but one side is caked in a hard matrix that's like a thin layer of cement. I haven't found one this size before... so could it be bison or larger?
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Found this today thanks to a little rain exposure on a river gravel bank. It's completely mineralized....rock solid. I hadn't seen this before...at least I've never found one. I can't tell what it is tho. I thought perhaps a medial phalanx...but it doesn't seem right. It has some oddness to it like perhaps a deformity...small bump on one side? Or it's the right shape and just highly eroded and smoothed out. Can anyone tell me what it is and perhaps what it belonged to? Pleistocene deposit area with most mammal type possibilities. Included a photo with measurements...then hand held it to get angles and some lighting. In my work truck and its raining...kinda dark.
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From the album: MY SE TEXAS FINDS
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I found this one day not long ago along a river gravel bank here in SE Texas. I thought it had an unusual pattern. Can anyone tell me anything about it? Is it some coral or something else marine... or just a weird geological river tumbled rock? I see all sorts of rocks... just hadn't seen one like this one. I was just curious about and thought I'd ask before it got tossed in a bucket.
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I found this Saturday on a river gravel bank. It's completely mineralized... thin...has an unusual shape and I cannot figure it out. It seems thin like perhaps from a turtle?? But it has such a weird shape plus I don't know if that's an articulated surface on one end... and at the other end... the filler in the center (dark brown) reminds me so much of dentin or cementum which can't be because it's not a tooth. But it looks like that stuff based on what I find here. If it's just a fragment of bone then the interior and exterior are worn to basically match each other in appearance because i can't tell the outside from the inside. Thanks.
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I found this a couple of weeks ago on a river gravel bank here in SE Texas where I find other pleistocene material. It was broken but close together. There's lot's of wildlife down there, plus the occasional cow or bull who like to come down and walk around and cool off in the water... but then this happens. I didn't see the rest of it so there's a lot missing. It is completely mineralized... heavy and solid. It doesn't look like the other white tail deer antler base I've found... and if it's a skull piece at the end... I still don't see where the antler begins which usually has those bumps around it. It's bigger than the other antler bases I've found... and it seems flatter. Does anyone recognize it and perhaps what kind of deer it might belong to... if it is deer?
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I found this small bone the other day on a river gravel bank. Figured it's a piece of scrap because it's so worn. It's flat on the bottom. I don't think it's from a vertebra. Is it from a fish or turtle?
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I found these 2 teeth Saturday on a river gravel bank. # 1 The larger one I think is an Equus tooth. It was pretty hard to see because it's covered in this hard matrix. I went to soaking and scraping... but as I got closer to the tooth I had to stop because I noticed it's crushed/broken. I always get a kick out of these. I'd like to think a mammoth stepped on it and did this and then it filled in and hardened over time. I had a nice camelid cervical vertebrae that was crushed on here, but it disappeared when the system was down and never came back. From what I can see without measurements... this looks Equus. It'll stay in this condition to keep it all in place and cause I like the look of it. #2 I'm not sure about this smaller tooth. It doesn't have a stylid. I think it's a M3/m3. I thought it resembled Pleistocene camelid/Llama? I wasn't sure about deer? Then I read about antelope? It's the 1st of these for me so I wasn't sure how to get the best measurements. The chewing surface seems to have one of those center parts offset. Not sure if that mattered. Thanks for your thoughts.
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I found this the other day here in SE Texas on a river gravel bank. It is mineralized... even has some "crystallization " in the bone in areas like another I'd found before. It's pretty worn but I'm wondering if this is a distal end to a femur and possibly from a deer? The interior has that hard matrix I usually find with crushed bones that keep it held together, so I left it. Thanks.
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This is a fully mineralized bone found today on a SE Texas river gravel bank. I haven't seen a bone like this before. The shaft part is really thin in one view and wide and flat in another. It flares out into an end I don't recognize either. It's not symmetrical. Does anyone recognize it? I've seen plenty of horse and bison and I think camelid too but haven't seen this one before. I don't think it a large rib bone or a foot bone. I wonder if it's a radius bone fragment?
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I found this vertebra... and another one similar in shape. It has a bunch of wear and is broken all over. It is fully mineralized. I've been trying to compare it to other mammals and can't find a match. I know there are SOOO MANY possibilities but maybe someone might know what it is from or can send me in a certain direction. Size is: 3.25 inches at the widest. Sorry...was still cleaning the algae off of it.
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I found this the other day here in SE Texas on a river gravel bank. My 1st thought was that it's a piece of concrete but then I think it could be geological and perhaps a rock with something in it? I don't know. The thing in it has different colors too and looks like some sort of larva in appearance. I'm sure someone out there can tell me if it's just concrete or something else. It's 1 inch x .75 inches.
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I found this bone yesterday on a river gravel bank. It's completely mineralized. I don't see it as a horse tibia or radius bone. Could it be a horse metacarpal fragment?
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I found this small vertebra the other day on a river gravel bank. It's different from others I've found... the spinal canal has a small opening compared to the body... but I really was wondering about the lines that go outward from the body on the transverse process. I haven't seen that on any of my other vertebrae finds. I wondered if it's unique to a specific mammal? This bone is solid and completely mineralized. It measures 2.25 inches across the front x 2.25 inches front to back with what's left. 1.5 inches top to bottom.
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I find it interesting that the bones I find, which are pretty much in the same area, have such different colors. Here's an example. I understand it's a combination of different factors that contribute...but I'm always excited about the colors. Call me a big kid...I'm ok with that if it's something that small that entertains me. This is the only bone I have like this so I don't know what part it is or what it might have belonged to. SE Texas - gravel bank
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I found this little bone yesterday on a river gravel bank. It's unusual. I can't figure out how to orient it. It looks like an astragalus but not like the usual ones I see from a horse. Could be way off tho. There's a large articular surface on one side and a smaller one on the other. Size is 1.75 inches x 1.75 inches
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I found this yesterday on a gravel bank amongst other future posts. It's very heavy and completely solid. I'm guessing it's gonna be either from a proboscidean or giant ground sloth based on size. It's unfortunately worn badly at the business end... but I was wondering if anyone can tell me what bone it might be? A leg bone perhaps... but does the shape seem familiar as to what bone? Size is 9 inches in length.
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I found this toe bone yesterday on a river gravel bank. This proximal phalanx is 3.5 inches in length. I saw an Equus sp. one in an online image at 2.71 inches and it looks similar. This is completely mineralized and was just wondering if could be from an Equus sp. or is it something else like a bison proximal phalanx...which I don't think it is.
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I found this little tooth yesterday on a river gravel bank. I haven't found one like this before so I'm wondering if it's been ground down to that size and that is perhaps a tooth from an older horse? I thought it looked different from other Equus teeth I've found at the chewing surface. The top left corner seems to have a little more vacant space than what I usually see. But this tooth is not like others I've found so perhaps it's unique to this tooth.
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I found this yesterday on a river gravel bank. It's completely mineralized and I think after looking online that it is a deer proximal phalanx? It's in nice condition... couldn't believe after all the busted up pieces I usually find. Size is 1.8 inches.
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