MOGARDE Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I found this on a sandbar along the Missouri River, and in the State of Missouri, and was wanting to get confirmation on if it is a bison vertebrae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earendil Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Looks like it to me. Is it fossilized? 1 "Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell" -From The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Yes, Bison cervical vertebrae. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOGARDE Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 It does not appear to be completely fossilized. I was wondering which vertebrae it was, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 how do you separate bison from cow vertebrae? Asking because I am curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, jpc said: how do you separate bison from cow vertebrae? Asking because I am curious. There's a handful of small differences. The most obvious are differences in the spinous process, the body of the vertebrae, and the angle and bifurcation of the transverse process. I've attached some pictures from "A Guide to the Identification of Postcranial Bones of Bos taurus and Bison bison (Darlene McCuaig Balkwill and Stephen L. Cumbaa)" that illustrate some of these differences. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOGARDE Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 Thanks everyone! Thomas.Dodson -Thank you! The diagrams were very helpful and interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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