whowat13 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 This bird bone was found in Bone Valley. I was told that it is from a raptor/bird of prey, and would like to find out more about what it was from. I have one more photo that I will add in the first comment. -Bill H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowat13 Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 Here is the last photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 toe bone.... auspex? bobby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Not from a raptor; more likely something like a cormorant, where it would have had to support webbed swimming feet. 1 "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...
Opisthotriton Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Those look like inches, not centimeters. That would be a heck of a cormorant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) Perhaps a stork or similar large wader. Two species of Ciconia are known from the Bone Valley. Edited November 12, 2014 by RichW9090 The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I am with Opisthotriton a little confused as I can only visualise the bone coming from a bird the size of an Emu as the scale is in inches, not a water bird but am willing to be wrong? The other question is what age is formation in Bone Valley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Perhaps Great Auk, then. It is pretty robust for a wader, IMHO. "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...
whowat13 Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) I just got a response from Dr. Hulbert at FLMNH. He says it is probably cormorant, Phalacrocorax wetmorei. He also said that the size does not rule out that species. Thanks to everyone who helped out. -Bill H. Edited November 12, 2014 by whowat13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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