JohnBrewer Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Evening folks. Here’s a chunk of I’m sure is M. Atherfieldensis found at err Atherfield on The Isle of Wight during my trip there last week. I’m thinking bottom end of fibula but not sure. @Troodon @jpc @LordTrilobite John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LordTrilobite Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I don't think it's a Mantellisaurus fibula. It doesn't seem to match either end. Not sure what it actually is though. Source: On the Anatomy of Iguanodon atherfieldensis Ornithischia: Ornithopoda by David B. Norman 1986 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 1 minute ago, LordTrilobite said: Nope, not a Mantellisaurus fibula. It doesn't seem to match either end. Not sure what it actually is though. Source: On the Anatomy of Iguanodon atherfieldensis Ornithischia: Ornithopoda by David B. Norman 1986 Thanks Olof. Pretty sure it’s Iggy but don’t have any tomes with detailed photos and can’t find anything on the www. I did wonder if there’s a little pathological stuff going on. Where the marrow is showing there’s a black edge so could be arthritis and not an extended part such as a digit. It does seem odd that where the marrow is exposed it’s such a small area. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 The book is a big tome published by the museum in Brussels. You might be able to get it there. I wouldn't be surprised if it was hard to get elsewhere. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Here is a monograph of a fibula you can see the differences to your bone. Not much to go on but not familiar with a mantellisaurus bones pissible3 Carpal or metacarpal? Hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 On 18/06/2018 at 10:13 PM, LordTrilobite said: The book is a big tome published by the museum in Brussels. You might be able to get it there. I wouldn't be surprised if it was hard to get elsewhere. Seems it’s online and not behind a paywall http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-earth-sciences/56-1986/bulletin-9 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I have seen pieces like this from around here but I do not know what they are. I will say that it is a nice piece from Atherfield... most bones I have seen from there are rounded chunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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