Yupimcaleb Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Dug up from the sand about 30 feet below ground close to the red river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Can't tell from the pic if it's bone or ivory but in ivory you measure the angle of the schreger lines to determine who it would be from. You'll be able to see them in the cross section Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Can we have pictures from more sides? " 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...
ynot Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Looks more like bone than ivory to Me, but additional pictures may change that opinion. 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...
garyc Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 More pics please. Ends, sides and anything you think might be diagnostic. With both ends broken off you may not get a positive I’d on this, but it’s worth posting more pics to try to narrow it down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 I am not sure what part of the Red River it was from, but in the North Sulfur River mastodon remains are far more common than mammoth. Not that the info helps, but it may be helpful to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yupimcaleb Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 We really need pictures from all sides and the ends. Please take them straight on rather than an oblique angle. 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...
Bone Daddy Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I'm seeing some porosity in that final photo, so I am thinking this is bone. If it is mammoth, it is like the Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus Columbi) and not the Woolly Mammoth. Woolly Mammoths had a range that was much further north than the southern US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone Daddy Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 BTW, Welcome to the Fossil Forum. It's a nice find regardless of whether it's bone or ivory. Judging by the size, it had to originate from a megafauna species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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