FossilHunterNYC Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Can anyone help me identify this bone fragment ? It’s from Sherman, TX at Post Oak Creek. It’s drying right now from being in the stream. Is it fossilized ? Modern ? Bison ? Cow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ThePhysicist Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 If it is fossilized, it's from the Pleistocene. I don't think it can be nailed down to a specific mammal. If you wish, you can sacrifice a small area to find out if this bone is fossilized. If you put a small flame to the bone and it smells like hair burning, it's probably modern. Otherwise, it's a fossil. "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 I’m pretty certain that is modern. Like maybe last weeks soup modern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 looks modern to me as it seems cut, hit it with a mettle spoon and if it sounds like china it is mineralised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilHunterNYC Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 Someone in another group said it was cow bone. Darn !!! Thought I had something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 We’ve all been there before "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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