Bronzviking Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I found this bone on a Tampa Bay Beach, Florida and the next week I found an identical one but left it. When I first scooped it out of the water I thought it was a molar from a manatee. After looking at it I saw it didn't have a root and was it a joint bone? From the weight and color I think it's modern but curious to find out what I found and what animal. (ruler is in inches) Any help or ideas welcome and appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Astragalus ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 3 hours ago, Rockwood said: Astragalus ? That was my guess ankle bone, it looked similar to another find of mine. You think from a bovine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Maybe a distal epiphysis from a metapodial. 2 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDye Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I'm on team joint, doubt that's a tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 That 1st pic sure looks like the bottom of an epiphysis. Maybe a small horse canon bone? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone Daddy Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Definitely not a tooth. It's worn bone of some kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 What ever it is I have a modern one similar enough to it to be reasonably sure it has relatives living in Maine. I found it while grading a gravel road in the spring. Coyote scat with bones in it is common on the road, so it would be reasonable to think it might be something preyed upon by them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 16 hours ago, Uncle Siphuncle said: Maybe a distal epiphysis from a metapodial. I agree. "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...
Bronzviking Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Thanks for the replies. What do you think @Harry Pristis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I agree with the Siphuncular One . . . a distal epiphysis from a metapodial. It's likely from a young deer. 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...
Rockwood Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Sorry to be a nuisance here @Harry Pristis but have I noticed an issue with the scale of the original post compared to the deer bone ? Here is the deer reference I have on the left with epiphysis fully fused. On the right I'm thinking is an unfused epiphysis of an immature moose because of the relative size. Wouldn't that make the scale of the bone in the post indicate a considerably larger animal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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