Micah Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I found this in a creek leading to Grove Lake in Antelope county NE (near Ashfall fossil beds) I've found a lot of bone fragments and teeth there before, but this find was particularly interesting. Anyone know what type of rodent it is from and if it is from the same time period as the many mammal fossils at ashfalls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Looks beaver-y to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Maybe compare with muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossyfern9564 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Groundhog / woodchuck? Too small for beaver. Also, are you sure this is fossilized? It looks newer (and very clean!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I think vole could be another candidate. Meadow Vole Link to Website 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...
abyssunder Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Vole. excerpt from Atlas of Animal Bones. For Prehistorians, Archaeologists and Quaternary Geologists - Elisabeth Schmid; Elsevier, New York, 1972 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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