Faten Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Please can you help me identify this fossil bone (the size of the pocket is about 10 cm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 where did you find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 (edited) Distal femur. My hunch is horse or bovid Edited February 15, 2022 by garyc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faten Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 I found it in a query in Tunisia, field visit related to my thesis subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faten Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 I don't think it is a horse because it is about 30 cm large, so it could be an elephant or something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 5 hours ago, Faten said: (the size of the pocket is about 10 cm) Length or width? Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 If I understand the OP correctly, this is an enormous bone -- dinosaur, perhaps. This is an instance where a human hand in the image would give a gross scale. 2 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0b Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Ixus is a camera about 9 cms long. The width is at least 3 Ixi(?), making it 27 + cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 African mammoth humerus? Tunisia Pliocene would fit maybe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faten Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Mark Kmiecik said: Length or width? length Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faten Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 43 minutes ago, Harry Pristis said: If I understand the OP correctly, this is an enormous bone -- dinosaur, perhaps. This is an instance where a human hand in the image would give a gross scale. we don't have dinosaurs at that time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faten Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, Brandy Cole said: African mammoth humerus? Tunisia Pliocene would fit maybe. it would be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I don't have a mammoth distal femur, but compare your find to this: 3 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PODIGGER Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 I think this is an example of a distal femur tip of mammoth or mastodon from the Peace River. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faten Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 9 hours ago, Harry Pristis said: I don't have a mammoth distal femur, but compare your find to this: thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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