garyc Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 I have seen nothing like this bone before and have no idea how to start attempting to identify it. I've been through the gallery of @Harry Pristis and seen nothing there. I can't tell how complete it is, but I think there are some good diagnostic features there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 It's not a bone I recognize. I'd start looking for a match among the xenarthrans. 2 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...
garyc Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Thanks, Harry. I'll check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 @Uncle Siphuncle @Shellseeker @jcbshark @PrehistoricFlorida Any ideas here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Not sure. Bilateral symmetry? Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 It does have some symmetry to it. The first picture looks like some sort of socket, but then there are the weird articulating surfaces that you can see in the last picture. I’ve been wanting to make a vertebra out of this but I can’t figure out where the neural canal would have been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayminazzi Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Possibly a piece of pelvis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 That's a weird one Gary... sorry I don't have a clue 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...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Pretty certain it's a sloth manubrium. Difficult to tell from pics, but that's where I'd start. 10 www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 54 minutes ago, PrehistoricFlorida said: Pretty certain it's a sloth manubrium. Difficult to tell from pics, but that's where I'd start. Learned something new...thanks, Nate. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 1 hour ago, PrehistoricFlorida said: manubrium That has to be the most obscure bone from the most obscure creature ever! Google informs me that the manubrium is at the 'top' end of the sternum. Thank you, Nate! 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 Thanks @PrehistoricFlorida! Found this image on line that’s a pretty good match. @Harry Pristismight find this interesting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrian Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 8 hours ago, PrehistoricFlorida said: manubrium Another word I didn't know I needed to learn! Lots of them their kinda words in paleontology ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- John I had a friend once, but the wheels fell off. Sad, very sad. - Nightwing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawghouse05 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 You gents are amazing , I’ve got a lot to learn and it seems a couple dead languages are the first step Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 13 hours ago, Dawghouse05 said: You gents are amazing , I’ve got a lot to learn and it seems a couple dead languages are the first step Are you saying “manubrium” is not part of your daily vernacular? All the cool kids are saying it! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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