diginupbones Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 This is the smallest one of these I have ever seen. Any ideas of what critter it may have belonged to? Found in North Central Nebraska Measures 20mm X 12mm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Reminds me of an artiodactyl ruminant. It's pretty tiny for a deer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Reminds me of an artiodactyl ruminant, but it's very small. I found a similar one and had tentatively ID'd it as deer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diginupbones Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 18 minutes ago, Brandy Cole said: Reminds me of an artiodactyl ruminant, but it's very small. I found a similar one and had tentatively ID'd it as deer. I thought it seemed awfully small for a deer also but then again some of those artiodactyls in that time period were very small. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 That's from an artiodactyl, but not a deer. I'm not sure a specimen from a juvenile animal would be identifiable as such by this bone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 I used the example above from @Harry Pristis when I was trying to identify mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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