megaholic Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I found these together in the Peace River yesterday. I am pretty confident they are from one of the Xenarthrans, but not clear on which one. The sizes overlap and are too close to being the same for me to say. I suspect Glyptodont or Holmesina.Thoughts? 1 "A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Can’t help with the ID but great finds Chuck! Glad to see you got out Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Very nice! The first one looks awfully slothish to me. Maybe belonged to a baby or is there a smaller sloth species that was around? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 The first phalanx is from a giant armadillo, I believe. I'm uncertain about the second. It seems too chunky to be from a deer. By elimination, I'd guess it's from a peccary. 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...
joshuajbelanger Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 @garyc That first one looks reallllll slothish to me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaholic Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Thanks for the direction everyone! Harry has a valid point about the small one, it is quit robust for it's length. I will study the peccary group now as well. Thanks to Harry's image I just realized that I also found one of the other bones of that foot as well. I thought I had a small rectangular cervical vert from a small cetacean. "A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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