SheLovesFossils Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Need help to identify these bones I pulled out of a cliff, if anyone can help that would be great! I have more photos if needed. I'm thinking bison, or some type of mega fauna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Welcome to the Forum. Where were they found? Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Bovid, certainly. Nova Scotia? Musk ox is a bovid. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheLovesFossils Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 36 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Welcome to the Forum. Where were they found? Thank you. At Arisaig Nova Scotia, in a cliff side, just above rock, there were layers of clay, and peat moss. They were in the peat moss. I dug them out and dug a bit more in and found a total of 6 bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Great Find- I also just pulled Arisaig, Nova Scotia up on Google and the pics reveal that it is a very pretty place and the cliffs along the shoreline look great for fossil collecting. If I were you, I would stop back and look for the rest of this animal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 That's really neat! While with the Geological Survey I took a group from nearby St Francais of Xavier to Arasaig area...but it was to study the Paleozoic stratigraphy ( mostly Silurian). I have no expertise in recent fossils and never found much of anything mammal in the Nova Scotia area other than Mammoth molars at a few locales. I never came across any bison material. However, there are native kill sites in your area. Also, along that coast of N.S. there is always the tantalizing chance that any remains found in upper layers could be Norse in origin. Unlikely but fun to imagine. There's some evidence of Vikings sailing through the Northumberland Strait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 35 minutes ago, Nimravis said: Great Find- I also just pulled Arisaig, Nova Scotia up on Google and the pics reveal that it is a very pretty place and the cliffs along the shoreline look great for fossil collecting. If I were you, I would stop back and look for the rest of this animal What's neat is that Nova Scotia was once attached to what today is Morocco! This was long before the creation of the Atlantic Ocean. The relationship was part of the icing on the cake that confirmed the theory of Continental Drift and the opening of new oceans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I vote Muskox. The area is right for their being present. Bone2stone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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