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A couple of interesting bones from my dads collection, any clues what these are? Both found Myrtle Beach South Carolina

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Your first 6 pictures show about half an Astralagus.

The item on the 7th picture has the shape of a very worn Femur joint.

 

Edit: Harry beat me to it :D

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8 minutes ago, Harry Pristis said:

 

The first bone is an artiodactyl astragalus.  Compare with these common examples:

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Laditz said:

Your first 6 pictures show about half an Astralagus.

The item on the 7th picture has the shape of a very worn Femur joint.

 

Edit: Harry beat me to it :D

Thank you both :)

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33 minutes ago, Laditz said:

The item on the 7th picture has the shape of a very worn Femur joint.

Knee ?

The joint it's self being substantially cartilage ? 

 

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2 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

Knee ?

The joint it's self being substantially cartilage ? 

 

Might have been a bad translation from my side: i meant the lower Epiphysis of the femur. Dunno if there's a more standard term for that :)

 

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Sorry if any confusion was caused!

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18 minutes ago, Laditz said:

Might have been a bad translation from my side: i meant the lower Epiphysis of the femur. Dunno if there's a more standard term for that :)

The confusion was on my part. I was picturing the proximal of a tibia and trying to call it a femur. 

My reference is mostly stray pieces of coyote bait and road kill and my understanding is limited. :)

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