Kansas river fossil

[Funofthehunt]

Anyone know what these are? Found on the Kansas river. Doesn’t seem to be vertebrate as there is no hole for the spinal column. Don’t think it’s a tooth either. Any ideas?

[Kiros]

The one on the right is a scapho-cuboide and the one on the left (I'm more unsure of it) looks like a capitato-trapezoid of an artiodactyl, probably deer

Edited October 19, 2021 by Kiros

[Harry Pristis]

The bone on the left reminds me of an epiphysis from a distal tibia.  The bone on the right is a cubonavicular from an artiodactyl -- likely bovid (a cow, maybe).

 

[Kiros]

13 hours ago, Harry Pristis said:

The bone on the left reminds me of an epiphysis from a distal tibia.  The bone on the right is a cubonavicular from an artiodactyl -- likely bovid (a cow, maybe).

 

Yeah Harry is totally right, late night yesterday I totally missed that that could be a distal ephysis of a tibia and I also inverted left and right. I couldn't be more wrong ahaha 

[Funofthehunt]

Much appreciated! Those were throwing me as vertebrate. Anyone got some good suggestions on bone identification books. Looking more for Pleistocene bones found in Kansas. 

[ClearLake]

On 10/20/2021 at 4:10 PM, Funofthehunt said:

Anyone got some good suggestions on bone identification books.

I would suggest Mammalian Osteology by B. Miles Gilbert (there is also one on Avian Osteology) as a good starter book. Although it features modern animals, there are lots of similarities since you are primarily looking for Pleistocene bones. Lots of great drawings and explanations of all the main bones from many different species. I’m sure some other folks may have additional suggestions.