Tennessees Pride Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Good morning to all, This is my first post, i will try to respond as timely as i can (getting accoustomed to controls).....it had to happen @ some point. as, i have viewed this forum for awhile now and really like it. It seems to be the best place for engaging those with the same passion. Hello to all! This is a vertebra my mother found last week while were hunting a late Cretaceous site. At first i thought Mosasaur or perhaps Crocodilian, but haven't so far seen identical specimens from those same animals. What remains of the centrum appears to be the front and is very rounded. The neural spine is quite large for a centrum so small...isn't it?.... any ideas... --- Joshua tennesseespride@gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessees Pride Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Closer shots. --- Joshua tennesseespride@gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessees Pride Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 A few more angles, hopefully this is helpful... --- Joshua tennesseespride@gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Welcome to the Forum. Not sure what you've got there but it is very interesting. It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 That's a bison vert. Pleistocene - recent. Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Nice find and welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessees Pride Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thank you very much Squali & Lissa318! Xiphactinus, this will be awsome if it's bison, i have questioned if it were actually from the cretaceous formation being exposed in the sides of the creek. It was found in creek wash sediments. Do you think there may be a possibility it is a sheep thoracic vertebra? --- Joshua tennesseespride@gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Don't think there's any chance of it being sheep. If it's a domestic animal, it's a cow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I'm with Xiphy... bison or cow (or horse?). Too big for sheep or deer. Ddefinitely mammalian and not Cretaceous. Edit: But wait, maybe there is no vert on a horse with such a long neural spine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessees Pride Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks guys, i am impressed. Sheep is all i know that were raised around there, so perhaps this is bison. --- Joshua tennesseespride@gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessees Pride Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 I do however have a large vertebra from a late Cretacous period which my hands did remove from the original matrix, it weighs 7 1/2 pounds! So far it is unidentified, should be inspected by a professor by the end of the month. I will post it in just a bit for identification, if possible. I can see is the right place when one has questions! --- Joshua tennesseespride@gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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