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Mystery Phalanx with a Hole- Elk?


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Hello all, this bone has given me a fair amount of trouble.

Several identification attempts have come up relatively fruitless- my running idea is likely an elk.

Again, where I found this cuts through early Miocene exposures up to modern day- this bone is mineralized enough to be late Miocene, but I could be very mistaken.

What puzzles me is the hole in the middle, which appears to be an invertebrate burrow?

I’m unsure of any invert that would possess the ability or desire to burrow into the severed toe of this animal, as it offers not much at all.

Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

 

 

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This bone doesn't appear to be cervid.  Is the hole bite damage?  You didn't post an image of the underside which, in the case of a bite, might show a corresponding mark. 

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What seest thou else

In the dark backward and abysm of time?

---Shakespeare, The Tempest

 

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On 10/27/2021 at 12:51 PM, Harry Pristis said:

This bone doesn't appear to be cervid.  Is the hole bite damage?  You didn't post an image of the underside which, in the case of a bite, might show a corresponding mark. 

Thank you for your response! Have any idea what it looks like?

I’ll attach a photo of the underside, there is a small bore hole that I cannot tell if it is natural. I’ll also attach another photo of the side where I feel like I may see flay marks from a tool? Let me know if you share this thought. 

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