Sacha Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Thursday's trip to the Peace was a little more productive than the last few and yielded these 2 unknowns. I'd appreciate an ID if possible. The first is a stubby little phalanx. The second is most likely a recent tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostedoddity Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The phalanx looks like it could be from a sloth, not entirely positive on that though. Certainly looks like a productive trip based on all the finds I can see! Were you diving or surface finding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The bone does bear a superficial resemblance to a sloth phalanx. Here's a box of sloth toes . . . see if you can pick out the toe that doesn't belong with the rest of 'em. I believe the odd toe is similar to Sacha's. And, Sacha . . . two views of the same side of the mystery toe? Really? 3 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...
gavialboy Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 nice finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacha Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Frostedoddity said: The phalanx looks like it could be from a sloth, not entirely positive on that though. Certainly looks like a productive trip based on all the finds I can see! Were you diving or surface finding? Just normal screen sifting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacha Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 34 minutes ago, Harry Pristis said: Here's a box of sloth toes . . . see if you can pick out the toe that doesn't belong with the rest of 'em. I believe the odd toe is similar to Sacha's. And, Sacha . . . two views of the same side of the mystery toe? Really? My bad. Here's the other side, although it's pretty featureless. I don't see any in the box of sloth toes that are as compact as this one. Geometry is basically similar, but if robustness is the diagnostic feature of sloth toes, then it fits. (which one doesn't belong?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacha Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 Any proposals on the tooth? It is complete, although it looks a little wonky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The tooth looks somewhat bobcatish to me john. But it seems a bit larger. Basic shape is there, What else is found there related to bobcat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The mystery tooth looks like nothing I've ever pulled from the Peace--eagerly awaiting some information on that one. Nice horse incisor to the left of the mystery knuckle. Can we get a top-down view as well so we can gauge the profile from that angle. The only sloth phalanx I've ever pulled from the Peace was on a trip with you to the "elephant graveyard" site. Not a claw core but the next nearest bone. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Sacha! Why are you being so stingy with your images! The articular facets are important to an ID. In my box of sloth toes, the second from the left in the top row doesn't belong. It is a bison medial phalanx. That's what I think your mystery toe may be . . . a bovid, cow or bison, medial phalanx. 2 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...
Bone Daddy Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Hi Harry, Sascha, and Innocent Bystanders, Now I have to look through my phalanges a little more closely. I have a couple of that resemble some of the pieces in Harry's Sloth box. I must be a phalange-magnet because I find at least one on every trip out. Nice finds Sascha. Best regards, MikeG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacha Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 Not trying to be stingy Harry. Here are views of the 2 ends, but your photos definitely confirm that mine is a bison Medial phalanx. Thank you again. I appreciate the effort! Now, anybody have any comment on Blake's proposal that the tooth is bobcat? We do have them around, but they are a lot less common then they used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostedoddity Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 On 12/16/2016 at 0:03 PM, Harry Pristis said: On 12/16/2016 at 0:03 PM, Harry Pristis said: The bone does bear a superficial resemblance to a sloth phalanx. Here's a box of sloth toes . . . see if you can pick out the toe that doesn't belong with the rest of 'em. I believe the odd toe is similar to Sacha's. And, Sacha . . . two views of the same side of the mystery toe? Really? Thanks for dragging those out. It does resemble a bison toe bone. I forget about all those little bits sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostedoddity Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 On 12/16/2016 at 2:47 PM, Sacha said: Now, anybody have any comment on Blake's proposal that the tooth is bobcat? We do have them around, but they are a lot less common then they used to be. Hate to poop on your party, but it looks like an herbivore tooth to me, possibly deer. It's pointy but still has a flat surface used for grinding rather than cutting. I was gonna let someone else get that one because I wasn't sure on any specific species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 The mystery tooth is a herbivore tooth, an artiodactyl, a bovid p1. 4 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...
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