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Well...either way it's a first for me. Looking at some unusual rocks that I've found over time I looked at this little 1/2" piece that I had...and I think those are Schreger lines on the ends making me think this could be a very small piece of tusk?!? Then I heard of snakewood so could it be that instead?? Either way....either one would be a 1st for me so I'm cool either way. Thanks for your thoughts.
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Cause it's always amusing looking at possible poo finds...I was wondering if this could be a coprolite? I always pick up the unusual while I'm out searching...and this is no different. I think it's poo only because of the end resembling a pinch point as described in the coprolite ID. It doesn't seem to have any inclusions. I don't know....maybe it was just a natural occurance and this is just a coincidence. I'll attach other images of some other possible coprolite that I questioned in other threads and it was usually unknown...but this is the only one I'm questioning here. Not having inclusions and seeming fine grained could be alligator right? Thanks for your thoughts.
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I've had this with a bunch of unusual rocks I have cause I believed it to be fossilized wood. And it still may be, but I saw other post of Ivory pieces found and Schreger lines...and I thought this might qualify. The lines are throughout l each layer. I don't know anything about Texas fossilized wood and the trees from then...perhaps someone who does know Ivory and Schreger lines can tell me if this is that. It's a 3.5 inch piece.
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Found this cool little fragment yesterday. It's completely mineralized. Found it sticking out of sand which I don't usually find stuff in a bunch of sand...it's usually on a gravel bank. So I am happy with it. I find Pleistocene stuff here and i know it's 99% likely that I won't know what it belonged to...but...can anyone give me a thought on what bone it is. I thought perhaps a jaw bone...maybe because of that curve on the one side. But I dont see where teeth or root would have been nor do I have any good jaw examples anyway so I'm guessing. On the end...I don't think it ended there...I think it may have broken and has just been river worn and been smoothed out before it mineralized. But I could be wrong. The bottom looks like a piece may have flaked off...which I've found flakey bones before...just never solid as rock as this is...so again perhaps pre-mineralization? But what bone could this be? At this point it's scrap, chunkosaurus, chunkotherium and all the other fun colorful terms but it's always good to ask. Someone may recognize it. I don't think it's antler nor rib. Not a leg bone. Not a foot bone nor digit.
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Size: 1.5 inch Like the larger example I recently posted...this looks like a jaw bone but from something small. It's solid rock - completely mineralized. I could be waaay off...but to me it just seems like it is one. Doesn't look like other bones I've found other than the larger example and I've eliminated others. The owner of this won't be identified...not enough to go on...but hopefully what bone it is will.
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I thought wood at first but I'm thinking this might be a chunk of bone from a large mammal? It's about 17 inches in length. Can you tell what it is? A femur?
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I found this a while back and wasn't sure if it was bone from a large mammal or a thick piece of wood. It's completely mineralized and heavy. If it is mammal...I know an ID is impossible without ends but I'd have fewer choices to choose from.
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Found this little piece...I think it's enamel...just wanted to be sure. I get fooled by lots of rocks from time to time and this may be no different. And if it is enamel...could it be horse or mammoth? I've found both in the same area.
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Here is a small vertebra that I found. It's completely mineralized. It's pretty small. Don't believe it to be horse or cow. Deer is my go to. Just not sure about the triangular shape of the opening and the flatness of the body.
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This is an axis...dens and cranial articular surface showing. Can't figure out if it's horse, cow or bison. I don't think it's cow because an image I saw had a notch or groove on the dens but maybe it had damage to it. My example also has the notch or groove on that cranial articular surface.
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These smaller ones like this are difficult for me because even the cows and horses had little ones...plus the earlier horses were smaller. This is missing a lot but the vertebral canal is round and the body is heart shaped. It's mineralized but pretty busted up. Wish I could find a complete unbroken anything.
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Found this in an area where I find a bunch of other Pleistocene material. I can't figure out what it is. It is eroded at the ends but hopefully the pictures can help me get an ID for it and what it might be from.
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I am thinking this is a horse vertebra..it also has the transverse foramen (foramina?) There are so many vertebrae to different large mammals it's difficult to ID them. I usually see images of one or two vertebrae from each animal...but i think sometimes what I need belongs to one of the other 9 or 10 I don't see.
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I found this other very eroded phanlanx....which would this also be a proximal phalanx? The end has a cross shape I thought was unusual and not like the other one in the previous post. And could this be horse or cow?
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Probably won't be able to ID the mammal on this fragment...but can anyone tell me what bone this one is? It's split at the end but it also has that intention in the 1st picture.
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Think this is the 1st or proximal phalanx...but from a cow? Horse? Doesn't seem big enough for bison.
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This vertebra is pretty eroded. But it has an unusual shape to it...where the transverse foramina are the bone there is really thin...or it's just eroded and throwing me off. Same with the top view...the shape just seems different from the others I've found. Or it's the erosion again. Any idea what its from?
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This looks like bone. It's solid as rock...fully mineralized. However, it appears crushed. The inside looks like it's been compressed and smashed. I'm 100% positive an ID is outta the question....definitely not enough to go on. I just wanted to make sure it was bone vs wood.
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This little thing looks like a bone. There's matrix on it that's rather tough to get off and when I tried...it seemed to take a layer of bone with it so I left it as is...for now. I don't know if it's some kind of phalanx (toe bone) just based off its size. If so...from what? Sorry if the matrix makes it difficult...I thought there might be enough of a shape that someone might recognize it. Thanks for any help.
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Found this on a sandbar of the lower Colorado river in Southeast Texas. Found many other fossils but nothing that resembles this.
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Found this thing on a gravel bank...just thought it was unusual. My 1st thought was that it might be a small bone with river worn edges...seen it before with other bones found. But for it's size it seems too thick with the hole going all the way though. It has some bone like texture on the inside and outside. Then again those could be some natural made scratches from something or it's a piece of wood. Can't tell. Maybe someone has seen something similar. And it is completely mineralized.
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Found this vertebra today...I think it's a thoracic vertebra. Not sure which one. It's pretty beat up....fragile as heck. Reminds me exactly like the camel (camelid) leg bone I had found that was the same color and was very brittle. Leveled out this has a pretty decent angle. Glad to see the spinous process mostly there but this vertebra is missing probably all the important key identifiers. It's about an inch and a quarter at it's widest on the spinous process...it has a significant groove or notch at the base of it...also there is a facet on the left of where the spinal canal is but I don't see much of where a body would be to it. Seems to be another facet underneath same side. Anyway.. would appreciate your thoughts. Please please please let it not be horse again.
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This heavy, solid as a rock fragment is what I believe to be a skull fragment. I'm thinking Columbian mammoth? Maybe a juvenile? I have found juvenile pieces in the same area. I found this yesterday, Thursday, on a rock bank...can't even say gravel because there are sooo many rocks on the ground in this one particular area. And this appeared no different than most of what's out there when I saw it. I just so happened to look at this piece a little more carefully than anything else. Everything is covered in mud or dry dirt and green algae and many of these foramen holes were filled in by sand and small rocks. So when I picked it up I still couldn't see bone so I brought with me to clean it up a little later on and to my surprise this is what is was. But there has to be so many more possibilities for more like this in this section I found. I'm guessing it's the lower back end of the skull? I think I had a much smaller one where occipital condyle was mentioned? I didn't know how to orient this to take pics...so I just tried to get as much as I could. Also there is some cool blue colors on it in some areas the pictures may not show. I'm definitely going back tomorrow to really check this area out. But I appreciate any thoughts and if maybe bison or others might be possibilities as well. Oh, and found here in Southeast Texas...low river levels are exposing quite a bit.
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I found this tooth today...and my 1st thought was that it is an incisor from a horse. But I noticed that it is laterally compressed (flatter) compared to 2 other horse incisors that I've previously found and am including in the last photos for comparison. It doesn't seem to be missing anything on the sides and has some enamel at the end which I'm not sure if its broken or not. There is a small hole at the crown side. I'm sure there's a horse expert here that can confirm it is one. I've included ruler photos as well as in my hand which was clearer. Just thought it was weird and different for a horse and was wondering if there was another choice mammal with an incisor this thin?
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I have these 2 scapula that I've found. The larger one is heavy and has some mineralization to it and I believe this one to be from Equus based on some 3D images I've seen online. The smaller one is fully mineralized and solid as rock. It has some wear in areas that would have made an ID much easier...but despite the smaller size it doesn't seem to match the horse scapula and I can't find anything online with this noticeable groove that the horse scapula lacks. Any thoughts?
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