Plantguy Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 More questions gang...So I picked up this specimen about a year and half ago and had set it aside and was just going thru Frank Kocsis Jr.'s Vertebrate Fossils: A Neophyte's Guide looking for turtle pictures this week. In flipping thru the photos looking for turtles pictures I saw his shot of a Rhino patella and went Oh, I think I got something similar--anyone else have these weird kinds of flashbacks?? So I found it and set it on the page next to the photo and it coincidentally has the same dimensions and general look. About 2 1/2" square and a little over 1 inch thick. So then I looked at some more carpal and tarsals bones and went well I'm definitely not sure and as I have no experience and it has it has enough dings and apparent damage along with some borings but strangely it has some apparent pores around the edges. I then looked for another photo of an anterior and posterior view of a Rhino patella and found a May 2013 thesis A New Species of Teleoceras from the Late Miocene Gray Fossil Site, with Comparisons to Other North American Hemphillian Species, East Tennessee State University and it shows a couple grooves/convexities and my specimen has a groove also. So I'm still not any smarter and hoping the photos will allow someone to say yep another unknown worn bone or maybe something identifiable...thanks all for the looks and any replies. Regards, Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 For comparison: 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...
jpc Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 just to be grammar/technical police... your "convex" is actually concave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 5 hours ago, jpc said: just to be grammar/technical police... your "convex" is actually concave. Thanks JP good catch, appreciate it!..Oops, I sure wasnt thinking when I incorrectly borrowed the term from Rachel Short's article/photo and misused it. another uggh on my part but a good relearning exercise! Thank you sir! Regards, Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 6 hours ago, Harry Pristis said: For comparison: Harry, thanks as always! Your examples and photos still boggle my simple mind! Appreciate the help from you all! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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