aek Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Just curious what this bone might be. It's not a fossil but wondering what the bone experts think... deer or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Ankle bone, probably bovine. 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...
aek Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 33 minutes ago, ynot said: Ankle bone, probably bovine. Great! Thank you for the fast response! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osteobyte Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 This is a distal femur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Hivemind: https://hiveminer.com/Tags/cow%2Cskeleton/Recent Hits: 337 Pages: 7 The right end of this bone shows the trochlear groove for the patellar ligament. To each side is the lateral and medial condyles. This matches the unknown item reasonably well. I agree distal femur, epiphyseal fracture??? Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 For comparison: http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 4 hours ago, minnbuckeye said: epiphyseal fracture Juvenile ?, or just a plane of weakness ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osteobyte Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 22 hours ago, Rockwood said: Juvenile ?, or just a plane of weakness ? It looks to me like modern butchery. If it was from a juvenile animal, the surface in the first photo would appear unfused rather than sawn/cut on a plane. Also, the line of fusion in a distal femur is just superior to condyles, and not as far 'up' the element as the surface shown here is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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