D.N.FossilmanLithuania Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Dear Guys, Today I found the lower articular piece of big femur, the length of articular end surface is 13 cm. It is very similar to bison but judging by size I think it could belong to hippopotamus. I also checked wooly rhino but there are some differences in the articular surface. Any idea what it might be? Best Regards Domas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Paleontologist Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Where was it found? There were some very large bison relatives at one point in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.N.FossilmanLithuania Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Dear Cowboy Paleontologist, This bison femur was found in Varena town, South Lithuania, The Baltic States (it is Eastern Europe). Best Regards Domas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Maybe, just maybe its from a rhino (extinct European Soft Nose Rhinoceros Dicerorhinus hemitoechus). 1 Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.N.FossilmanLithuania Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 Dear mikeymig, Thank you very much for the interesting idea! Could you show the pictures of Dicerorhinus hemitoechus femur please? Best Regards Domas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 14 minutes ago, D.N.FossilmanLithuania said: Dear mikeymig, Thank you very much for the interesting idea! Could you show the pictures of Dicerorhinus hemitoechus femur please? Best Regards Domas 1 Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 " 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...
D.N.FossilmanLithuania Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 Dear abyssunder and mikeymig, Thank you very much for the comparison! The results speak that my find belongs to specific rhinoceros from the uppermost Pleistocene and the big part of bones I find here should be young fossils. And as far as I know the rhinoceros finding that is about 10- 13 thousand years old (from the upper sand layers) should belong to one of the last Lithuanian rhinocerotids. Thank you very much! Best Regards Domas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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