Meganeura Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Found this Astragalus today - and I can’t figure out if it’s Horse or Tapir. Seems too big to be a tridactyl horse astragalus, but the deposit I was digging in does NOT contain Equus - only tridactyl horse fossils have been found. Which leaves me thinking Tapir. @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I strongly believed that mine was Horse.. based on size.. 1 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 September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 My vote is horse, not tapir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 Interesting! As I said - no Equus teeth have been found in the dig site yet. My initial thought was horse though. Suppose I need to start going with my gut! Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 So I'm not sure if I'm explaining it correctly, but from my viewing examples from horse and tapir, if it were tapir I would expect both big articulations to terminate roughly equidistant from the red line. On horse, one terminates right on the line and one terminates noticeably higher. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, Brandy Cole said: So I'm not sure if I'm explaining it correctly, but from my viewing examples from horse and tapir, if it were tapir I would expect both big articulations to terminate roughly equidistant from the red line. On horse, one terminates right on the line and one terminates noticeably higher. That makes sense to me! And is definitely something I’ll keep in mind next time I find one. Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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