TNCollector Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Hello everyone. This is one of a series of posts that I will be making today. I am NOT familiar with fossils of this age so I really need some help with identification of these specimens. I did some collecting this week in a creek that exposes 3 formations, one that is Late Miocene (fossiliferous), one that is Pliocene (not fossiliferous), and one that is Pleistocene (fossiliferous). None of the fossils were found within the formation itself, so I don't know what formation each specimen came from. I found several bones that were undoubtedly modern, but the ones I am posting look and feel fossilized to me. This is the first specimen and by far the largest. I don't know if it is Mastodon, bison, glyptodon, whatever (I am honestly just naming random large mammals that have been found in this region). One of the most strange things about it is that it is hollow. Let me know what you all think! Miocene to Pleistocene Mississippi Bone of who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 Continued... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Bison seems like a possibility, but again the diagnostics may be too weak to say for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinosaurus Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 i think it looks like a horse bone, but it could be that im completely wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 38 minutes ago, Spinosaurus said: i think it looks like a horse bone, but it could be that im completely wrong Thanks, I could see it being a horse radius maybe, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 It's a radius from a horse or bison. It's missing many of the diagnostic features. 1 www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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