Brandy Cole Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Found what seems like a partial skull and possibly an ear bone. Southeast Texas. Never found anything like this before, but the darker smaller segment reminded me of ear bone threads I have seen. The size and general shape of the darker 'ear bone' sent me in the mammoth direction, but I'm not confident in it. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 @Shellseeker Does this compare to what you've found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 7 minutes ago, Brandy Cole said: @Shellseeker Does this compare to what you've found? Absolutely, I think this is mammoth ear bone. I only ever found 3. They are pretty rare and fragile, and one of the 3 was a GIFT, a fossil hunter was about to throw it back ... I have found 50 or 60 Equus ear bone and a scattering of smaller ear bones that do not fit the Equus size. 2 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 @Shellseeker Thanks! Your old threads here were a lot of help. I had no clue what it could be when I found it, and my books had nothing similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diginupbones Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 I would love to find a good resource to positively identify ear bones. They are supposed to be very diagnostic to species according to @Harry Pristis I find a lot of these but have never been sure which critter they came from. I’ve also never found one with as much skull attached to it like the one you just found, definitely from a large mammal. Nice find! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 @diginupbones Wow, that's a huge collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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