Ranive Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Hi all, Can anyone help me to identify which animal has the bones like the ones in the photo 1 attached? Photos 2 and 3 are to illustrate the cave and its surroundings. The bones have been found in the underwater cave in Tanzania. It has hundreds of the fossilized bones (seemingly, these are the bones of hippos; unfortunately, I did not have a chance to examine them in detail). Today we collected the bones like this (photo 1). It seems to me this piece is Cetacea Epiphysis, though I do not know what animal it belongs to. The bones were lying a pile in one underwater “room” (more than 10+ pieces). Can anyone help me with identification? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Welcome to TFF! The first piece does look like an emphasys, but I do not know from what. On the other 2 pieces, it would help to have pictures from all sides with a scale for size. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 I agree...Hippo. 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 October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 6 hours ago, Ranive said: It seems to me this piece is Cetacea Epiphysis, though I do not know what animal it belongs to. The bones were lying a pile in one underwater “room” (more than 10+ pieces). I don't think that any cetaceans had been trapped ever in the underwater cave, so I exclude them. The bones are from land mammals. " 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...
Ranive Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 15 hours ago, abyssunder said: I don't think that any cetaceans had been trapped ever in the underwater cave, so I exclude them. The bones are from land mammals. It's true, but I think that's many hippos live before in this cave... more than 20+ pc, because a lot of hippo jaws I will make today photo with scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranive Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 Dear experts, I attach the photos Could you tell if this is a young or an adult hippo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Looks like the last molar has not come out yet, so this is a young hippo. The word is epiphysis. Epiphyses if there are more than one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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