uscedisto Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Found today at a Pleistocene site in SC. I think it's a vertebra from a large Pleistocene mammal but I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscedisto Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 More pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 It might be from a bison. -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 It's an axis vertebra of a large ungulate. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 All I have to say is thank you for saying vertebra as opposed to vertebrae! Carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscedisto Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Thanks Rich-and you're welcome Carl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Atlas and the Vertebrae - new Rock group? The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Atlas and the Vertebrae - new Rock group? I think they are opening for the 'stones. Brent Ashcraft ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 All I have to say is thank you for saying vertebra as opposed to vertebrae! Carry on. I cannot agree more.... one of my personal pet peeves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I say, young Carl, why don't we two, in the name of good ole education, remind people to say vertebra when there is one and vertebrae when there are two or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Thanks guys for the grammar lesson. I never thought of the singular for some reason. 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...
RichW9090 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 And we say "axes" when there is more than one "axis" But what do we say when there is more than one "atlas", my good sirs? The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Mind if I jump in with "genera" (plural) vs "genus" (singular)? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 And we say "axes" when there is more than one "axis" But what do we say when there is more than one "atlas", my good sirs? At my house it would be "them thar map bookses" Don't have a clue Brent Ashcraft who though fish was both singular and plural until way too recently ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 The map books would be "atlases". The bone would not. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 The map books would be "atlases". The bone would not. Atles? I don't actually know this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I say, young Carl, why don't we two, in the name of good ole education, remind people to say vertebra when there is one and vertebrae when there are two or more. Absolutely! I have done it on occasion here before, but with seemingly no reaction. Viva la vertebra! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnyjoe Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 One atlas and two atlantes? Cogito ergo cephalalgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I cannot agree more.... one of my personal pet peeves peevae. "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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 "One atlas vertebra, two atlas vertebrae"; using the term "atlas" alone in this case is just lazy shorthand. "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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 The plural of atlas is atlantes, as Donnyjoe pointed out. And remember Ockham's Razor, Auspex. One should not multiply entities without necessity. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 "One atlas vertebra, two atlas vertebrae"; using the term "atlas" alone in this case is just lazy shorthand. what about atlii? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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