Luis Garza Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Hi I hope you are well. I need your help to identify this vertebra, I bought it in a garage sale in San Antonio, TX, it was covered with sediments that I peel out. Thank you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 It might help to know if the bone feels light or heavy, and how large it is - but I'm leaning towards some kind of mammal vertebra -Christian Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy! Q. Where do dinosaurs study? A. At Khaan Academy!... My ResearchGate profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AnThOnY- Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Plesiosaur maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 the curved zygapopheses says mammal lumbar.... These blue surfaces. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Garza Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 3 hours ago, The Amateur Paleontologist said: It might help to know if the bone feels light or heavy, and how large it is - but I'm leaning towards some kind of mammal vertebra -Christian Thank you for your reply. It is very heavy. 6 inch lenght. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Wondering if Pleistocene bison. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 2 hours ago, jpc said: the curved zygapopheses says mammal lumbar.... These blue surfaces. This. Mammal lumbar vert indeed. That shape of curved zygapophyses seems like bovid to me. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 deer have them too. But I don't know if the shape of the curve is family specific. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Garza Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Thank you very much for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 On 12/11/2018 at 8:47 PM, jpc said: deer have them too. But I don't know if the shape of the curve is family specific. I do know that rhinos do not have them at least. This is just speculation on my part, but perhaps it's specific to even toed ungulates? Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I think you might be onto something LordT... maybe an artiodactyl characteristic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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