garyc Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 I was able to go on a short hunt with my son and his girlfriend on the Brazos river Easter Sunday. The water had dropped a few inches and exposed a little bit more gravel that I had not been able to hunt yet. The first find of the day was a very nice sloth phalanx. On the way back I waited through the water and almost tripped over the second find. I thought it could’ve been a log. It was in about a foot of water and hard to see. The only part visible was the curve which made me think it could be a bone. I reached into the water and dug around the perimeter of the piece and was finally able to bring it out of the mud. I was very excited to see that it is a chunk of a large proboscidean bone. Using the great resource that @Brandy Cole provided I think a possible id is mammoth/mastodon right proximal tibia. Here’s the link to the sight again that Brandy provided(I couldn’t locate it and had to ask her for it). The 3rd pic is a left tibia that I am showing to compare my find. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 And some pics of the sloth toe 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 I can't really take any credit since I think @darrow and @JohnJ both directed me to the site first. Awesome finds! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Very cool finds, Gary. 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Very nice. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Another image for comparison: 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...
Shellseeker Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Love the patina on that Sloth toe. SWEET !!!! Nice finds 1 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 April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 That's a fantastic example @Harry Pristis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Nice sloth toe Gary 1 Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 @Harry Pristis are you indicating that this is mastodon vs mammoth? I wasn’t sure if there was enough of the morphology to differentiate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 3 hours ago, garyc said: @Harry Pristis are you indicating that this is mastodon vs mammoth? I wasn’t sure if there was enough of the morphology to differentiate I'm not indicating either, Gary. I posted my images to help YOU decide what you found. 1 1 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...
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