ftlcgi Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) Can somebody help me identify this? I have this bad scan of a fossil found near the river, it seems like a horse jaw, or a Megaloceros Here is where i found it This is a tooth that came out Nearby on the same river bank i found lots of fossil bones from Mammuthus meridionalis, Megaloceras, a bovine scull and i donated them to the museum, here is a photo with some of the bones on display in the Bucharest Geology museum. Edited July 1, 2022 by ftlcgi 5 1 www.paleobiome.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilus Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Yes, this is a horse jaw. Nice mammoth fossils! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Yup. Definitely horse--nice find. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftlcgi Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) The site was a natural trap for large fauna that was crossing the river, there were at least two mammoths, some scattered Megaloceros bones, a bovine (probably an auroch). The paleontologist said that she is going to write a paper about them in 2010 but i lost contact with her. Is there a way i can find the paper published? I tried paleobiodb and mindat but i only found other sites in nearby regions. Edited July 1, 2022 by ftlcgi 1 www.paleobiome.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 If you can give me some keywords that might appear in the paper I can try search in ResearchGate to see if I can locate it. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftlcgi Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) The town nearby is called Adunatii Copaceni, in the Ilfov County in Romania, the river is called Arges The mammoth is definitely meridionalis but saw a tag on one of the bones when they were added in the musum, they say it's from an elephas antiquus I dont remember the name of the paleontologist Edited July 1, 2022 by ftlcgi www.paleobiome.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Here seem to be two papers that might be of interest from the region. Cheers. -Ken Vasileetal.2013-FirstproboscideansfromCopaceniRomania.pdf Vasileetal.2013-FirstectothermicvertebratesfromCopaceniabstract.pdf 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftlcgi Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 7 minutes ago, digit said: Here seem to be two papers that might be of interest from the region. That's it, thank you very much. I've been trying to find it for years 1 www.paleobiome.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Then it's your lucky day. This will probably reconnect you with the researcher and you might find that a valuable resource going forward. Cheers. -Ken 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftlcgi Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 2 hours ago, digit said: Then it's your lucky day. They even mentioned my name in the paper, i was not expecting that 2 www.paleobiome.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Metafossical Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 13 hours ago, digit said: If you can give me some keywords that might appear in the paper I can try search in ResearchGate to see if I can locate it. Cheers. -Ken 11 hours ago, digit said: Then it's your lucky day. This will probably reconnect you with the researcher and you might find that a valuable resource going forward. Cheers. -Ken The internet at its finest. Wonderful story and an . . . absolute fine bit of research. Nice work Ken. I think your friend from Romania will be forever grateful. 1 1 Clarity of meaning and brevity ~ Nothing endures but change. ~ Heraclitus (c.535 - 475 BC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Nice work, Ken. You made the Fossil Forum look a little better today than it already did. Jess 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Sharing information about fossils is the foundation of this forum. I don't have deep knowledge of many types of fossils but I do have sources of information. Cheers. -Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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