butchndad Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 15th visit to big brook today. Did pretty well finding shark teeth and have a small very which I will post. Found another rib and leg bone which I presume to be deer. But this was my best find of the day. Looks like a pelvis but couldn’t find a match. Assume modern from the nasty cuts. 3 inches by 2.5 inches. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butchndad Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 i think i answered by own question: looks like deer pelvis which should have been my first guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrow Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 atlas vertebra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 15 minutes ago, darrow said: atlas vertebra Yeah @darrow has it. These are atlas vertebrae from just beneath the skull of the animal. Image Credit: RodandDenise on rodnikkel.com (atlas of a horse) FYI ..The deer pelvis looks something more like this: I'm used to get excited by the occasional toe bone .. only to bring it home and find out it was a modern deer. haha Cheers, B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butchndad Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 5 hours ago, darrow said: atlas vertebra 5 hours ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: Yeah @darrow has it. These are atlas vertebrae from just beneath the skull of the animal. Image Credit: RodandDenise on rodnikkel.com (atlas of a horse) FYI ..The deer pelvis looks something more like this: I'm used to get excited by the occasional toe bone .. only to bring it home and find out it was a modern deer. haha Cheers, B thank you both. That explains why i couldn't find a match by googling pelvis and probably also explains the (bone saw?) cuts. Now i wonder but will never know how long ago the deer was decapitated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Yup, definitely a mammal atlas vertebra. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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