Ground Sloth Toe Bone?

[RyanDye]

So I found these fossil toe (possibly hand) bones at an antique store, they're allegedly the toe bones from a ground sloth, unfortunately there is no location for these specimens, while my instinct tells me they're from around the area; Florida, with no documentation I'm not sure. They were very lowly priced so even if they can't be ID'd I figured I might as well buy them, any ideas?

 

Specimen 1

 

 

Specimen 2

 

(Note the blue mark was just an eraser shaving, my bad!)

 

[Shellseeker]

It is not sloth. It is an Astragalus bone... likely deer.

[Harry Pristis]

 

The first astragalus is from a deer.  I am not certain about the second astragalus . . . maybe a worn camel specimen.

 

 

[RyanDye]

8 minutes ago, Shellseeker said:

It is not sloth. It is an Astragalus bone... likely deer.

 

4 minutes ago, Harry Pristis said:

 

The first astragalus is from a deer.  I am not certain about the second astragalus . . . maybe a worn camel specimen.

 

 

Thanks, I figured it wasn't a sloth toe, just seemed dubious to be sold at an antique shop in a cheap box for next to nothing.  

[Shellseeker]

On 8/18/2018 at 8:36 PM, RyanDye said:

The first astragalus is from a deer.  I am not certain about the second astragalus . . . maybe a worn camel specimen.

 

 

 

Harry,

As always, excellent examples.

I found this one today in a creek that had zero other mammal fossils for me today.

Is your example above left or right? Mine seems to be the opposite of yours. 

Also, can Paleolama mirifica and Hemiauchenia macrocephala be differentiated by shape or size of Astragalus bones?  This one is 2.1 inches at its longest point.  Jack

[Harry Pristis]

 

My example is a left, yours appears to be a right.  I don't think the two Pleistocene genera can be distinguished without a large series -- just my surmise.