Guest Smilodon Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 You give me the beast, (maybe) the location, and I'll give you the story. Sorry, no clues for you!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I thought I'd try it this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 uhhhhhhhhh, need a clue or two ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Yes, what age would help.... Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I'm awful on this Miocene-looking stuff. But it looks like some kind of early horse to me. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I thought I'd try it this way OK, Miocene/Pliocene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Well I was gonna guess but then I seen that Nate had posted and then I wasn't but I figured what the heck. It looks like 3 teeth on a jaw section and I'm gonna guess maybe a type of Rhino? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 uhhhhhhhhh, need a clue or two The reason I didn't give any clues is that anything I thought of would give it away. Buuuut, how about this - exceedingly rare, may be the rarest fossil form of a common animal, and only described in 1982. That should give it away hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Anchitherium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron E. Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Kangaroo or manatee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Kangaroo or manatee. Ron, I have to ask. Is there some reason you included those two together? They are wrong, but manatees and kangaroos are actually connected in the most incredible way. I'll explain someday if you don't already know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron E. Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Ron, I have to ask. Is there some reason you included those two together? They are wrong, but manatees and kangaroos are actually connected in the most incredible way. I'll explain someday if you don't already know. From your cited site. I'd love to know more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 From your cited site. I'd love to know more! Duh! That's so funny, I forgot the kangaroo jaw was on my website! I was going to use it as a stumper someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 From your cited site. I'd love to know more! Me too! The tooth looks like badland material. I am going to guess calicathere, even though I have never seen what one of their teeth look like. The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Merychippus insignis from Nebraska...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 You give me the beast, (maybe) the location, and I'll give you the story. ---------------------------------------- Ok, so I pm'ed an attaboy to Prehistoric Florida, earlier today, but I have ordered up two extra ones for Gatorman and Cris. All three of you were close enough for hand grenades. Yes, it is a horsie, but not any old nag. As best as I can tell, this genus of horse may be the rarest ever found. After all, it was only described in 1982 from China. To date, I am the only person who has found a specimen in the western hemisphere. Yes, it was a number of years ago that I found this partial (upper) jaw in Arizona ... .... .....................Just outside the city limits of Tucson ..................on North Oracle Street......................Ramada Inn, Rm 220................... in a box of about 200 partial jaws from China. There's more to the story, but why beat a dead horse. Get it? Dead horse ............ nevermind. Sinohippus is described as a giant horse (I'm thinking Clydesdale or bigger) that was an upland browser - it ate leaves, not grass - it had to live in or near forests. There have only been a handful of fossils found because most of China, at the time, didn't support the horse's diet. Not too long ago a few fossils were found in Europe. So there you have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I always learn a lot from these stumper topics... Very interesting find and an excellent topic. For more information on Sinohippus (from Europe), download the PDF here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 A browsing horse; veeeeery cool! What about the manatee/kangaroo connection? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 A browsing horse; veeeeery cool! What about the manatee/kangaroo connection? I thought I'd move the manaroo connection over to general discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 You give me the beast, (maybe) the location, and I'll give you the story. ---------------------------------------- Ok, so I pm'ed an attaboy to Prehistoric Florida, earlier today, but I have ordered up two extra ones for Gatorman and Cris. All three of you were close enough for hand grenades. Yes, it is a horsie, but not any old nag. As best as I can tell, this genus of horse may be the rarest ever found. After all, it was only described in 1982 from China. To date, I am the only person who has found a specimen in the western hemisphere. Yes, it was a number of years ago that I found this partial (upper) jaw in Arizona ... .... .....................Just outside the city limits of Tucson ..................on North Oracle Street......................Ramada Inn, Rm 220................... in a box of about 200 partial jaws from China. There's more to the story, but why beat a dead horse. Get it? Dead horse ............ nevermind. Sinohippus is described as a giant horse (I'm thinking Clydesdale or bigger) that was an upland browser - it ate leaves, not grass - it had to live in or near forests. There have only been a handful of fossils found because most of China, at the time, didn't support the horse's diet. Not too long ago a few fossils were found in Europe. So there you have it. Smilodon, I'm late again but I would have guessed Anchitherium because I have seen smaller teeth like that from Florida and Spain. That is a great specimen because it comes from an older layer than the Late Miocene "Chilotherium-Machairodus-Percrocuta" layer (I'm calling it that here because I don't know if it has a name. I have seen very few fossils from that older layer (just a couple of Hemicyon-like teeth, a smaller horse tooth that may be Anchitherium, and some bone pieces) and none in the past 5-6 years. You definitely have an eye for the oddball stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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