Guest Smilodon Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 (edited) Ok folks, here's the next stumper from the Stumpin' Labs here at Miller's Fossils. I give this one a degree of difficulty of 8 on the stumpometer. Clues: Femur Pleistocene Found in South Carolina Looks similar to a femur from a very common animal 95% sure it comes from something waaaaayyyyyy cooler. Jeez, do I have to spell it out for you??????? Edited October 5, 2009 by Smilodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Do we get to see it? From your clues....camel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron E. Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Do we get to see it? From your clues....camel? It looks like unicorn to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 (edited) Do we get to see it? From your clues....camel? These might help. Edited October 5, 2009 by Smilodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 big help!!! Cat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 It looks like unicorn to me... Ok folks. No pictures for YOU! and I raise the stumpometer to 13! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 big help!!! Cat? Verrrryyy Gooood, Bulldog! you have your "atta", BUT what kind of cat? Hmmmmm????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Verrrryyy Gooood, Bulldog! you have your "atta", BUT what kind of cat? Hmmmmm????? close to your heart....smilodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 close to your heart....smilodon No, I did set the stumpometer at 8 originally, so it will be harder than that. Perhaps I should kick it up a notch to 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 If the cool-o-meter goes to 11, it would be Cheetah. "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...
Guest Smilodon Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 (edited) Ooooh, oooooh, (fist gently pounding the table in amazement) WTG!!!!!!!!! Whoa son! Page 220, perhaps? Miracinonyx inexpectatus One of the American Cheetahs. (shhh, either that or it's a deer, Hehehe ) DANG! Here's your "Attaboy" Edited October 6, 2009 by Smilodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I forgot we had American cheetah's! That is a VERY cool fossil!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 More, at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cheetah "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...
Ron E. Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 More, at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cheetah Another great one, smiley! I was SURE it was unicorn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Ooooh, oooooh, (fist gently pounding the table in amazement) WTG!!!!!!!!! Whoa son! Page 220, perhaps? Miracinonyx inexpetatus One of the American Cheetahs. (shhh, either that or it's a deer, Hehehe ) DANG! Here's your "Attaboy" If it is cheetah, it is a rare fossil, indeed! The femur on page 220 would be over eleven inches long ("about 0.5x"). The African cheetah femur used for the line-drawing below was just over ten inches long. Does this help? 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...
Guest Smilodon Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 (edited) If it is cheetah, it is a rare fossil, indeed! The femur on page 220 would be over eleven inches long ("about 0.5x"). The African cheetah femur used for the line-drawing below was just over ten inches long. Does this help? Mr. Pristis, You have been on ignore since your Manakanga FREAKOUT, but I decided to check your post this one time. How insulting of you to ask if I measured the bone. You ask, "Does this help?" My answer, "No." Back to ignore you go. Edited October 6, 2009 by Smilodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 ROTFL You CAN be amusing after all. What I was offering was not simple 1:1 measurements. The likelihood of an exact match of these gross measurements is low. Multiple dimensions from comparison bones offer a chance to do ratios. Ratios are more likely to be consistent from bone-to-bone than are their gross measurements. For the basics of doing the simple math of ratios, anyone can go to the FOSSIL MEDIA forum => FOSSIL PHOTOGRAPHY => PHOTOGRAPHING FOSSILS thread (page 01). Ratios are a simple way to work from a known value to the unknown. In the case of comparing bones, there is no unknown value. For ID purposes, ratios are used to look for consistency. A : B = C : D Both sides of the equation should be equal or near-equal for the identical taxon. Of course, this works best with a series of bones to produce a cluster of data points, but you have to work with what you have. 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...
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