austinswamp Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I found this odd bone wedged in a crevice as I was descending down the depression. This was found in Travis county Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Looks like part of a antler. This is an international forum so it would be helpful for all of us to have a better idea of geographic location. I am assuming you speak of Travis County, Texas. Travis county has Ozan Cretaceous and Pleistocene age material. If the antler is mineralized then it would be of Pleistocene age. You wouldn’t find an antler from the Cretaceous. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 More views and a scale would help with ID. 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...
austinswamp Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 2 hours ago, ynot said: More views and a scale would help with ID. I'll post more when I'm back home, the pictures I took exceed the 3.95mb and will not post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinswamp Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 2 hours ago, KimTexan said: Looks like part of a antler. This is an international forum so it would be helpful for all of us to have a better idea of geographic location. I am assuming you speak of Travis County, Texas. Travis county has Ozan Cretaceous and Pleistocene age material. If the antler is mineralized then it would be of Pleistocene age. You wouldn’t find an antler from the Cretaceous. It is definitely not antler material, small bone of a rodent perhaps, I'll post more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinswamp Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 5 hours ago, ynot said: More views and a scale would help with ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinswamp Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 5 hours ago, KimTexan said: Looks like part of a antler. This is an international forum so it would be helpful for all of us to have a better idea of geographic location. I am assuming you speak of Travis County, Texas. Travis county has Ozan Cretaceous and Pleistocene age material. If the antler is mineralized then it would be of Pleistocene age. You wouldn’t find an antler from the Cretaceous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 The only bones I can think of that would have that many attachments and have a curve would be from the skull. Bone from under the occipital orbit or back of jaw. I don’t know enough about small mammal anatomy. Sometimes ulnas can be all knobby on the top end. But the way this bone flares on the bottom it makes me think it’s the end of the bone. If it were an ulna it would have to be much longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinswamp Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 1 hour ago, KimTexan said: The only bones I can think of that would have that many attachments and have a curve would be from the skull. Bone from under the occipital orbit or back of jaw. I don’t know enough about small mammal anatomy. Sometimes ulnas can be all knobby on the top end. But the way this bone flares on the bottom it makes me think it’s the end of the bone. If it were an ulna it would have to be much longer. I believe I found the possible Identification. It looks like the left carpometa carpus of wild turkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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