Gainsville bone fragment

[Williamrock]

Hey all I know it's a long shot but I found a neat fragment in the creek and wanted to show y'all ! 

[Brett Breakin' Rocks]

Looks like the distal end of a humerus, or something like it  .. of what I don't know. Someone else will probably swing by and give us a clue.

 

1 hour ago, Williamrock said:

Hey all I know it's a long shot but I found a neat fragment in the creek and wanted to show y'all ! 

 

 

This is from the Florida Museum website .. they have some great images and resources.  Again I'm not an expert in the area or mammal bones but this looks like a small creature.  This image is of a Rhizosmilodon fiteae ... Fite’s saber-tooth cat

 

But you get the idea. I'm using it here only as an example. The locality doesn't look correct. It may also be too little of a chunk to be diagnostic.

 

Image Source: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/rhizosmilodon-fiteae

 

 

Cheers,

Brett

 

[Miocene_Mason]

I agree with that.

[JohnBrewer]

Looks a reasonable call Brett. @Harry Pristis?

[Harry Pristis]

I can't tell from the images whether the fragment has an entepicondylar foramen -- does it?  You'll have to remove the matrix.  That would offer a better chance of an identification.

[Brett Breakin' Rocks]

2 hours ago, Harry Pristis said:

I can't tell from the images whether the fragment has an entepicondylar foramen -- does it?  You'll have to remove the matrix.  That would offer a better chance of an identification.

 

 

 

 

Those are some beautiful images btw .....

 

Cheers,

B