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Pelvic Bone?

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bobbymalone Newbie

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Hi new member here... trying to ID this bone I found. I actually caught it fishing in the Mississippi river in St. Paul MN.

No idea how old it is or what it came from.

I've got some nice pictures though!

Thanks for any help I can get.

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Auspex Regular Member

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Gnarly bone! Can you give us an idea of its size?

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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i wondered if it was a skull bit, but I figured with those "wings" coming off of it, it was probably a pelvis.

Any guesses on what animal that could have came from?

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megaholic Regular Member

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Elephant skulls have sinus cavities all over them to lighten the massive weight of the head. Looks a lot like the Mastodon skull section I have.

"A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life".

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jpevahouse Regular Member

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Definitely skull fragment. Age would be difficult to impossible to determine. Bone in fresh water streams will discolor fairly quickly.

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