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Fossils from Royal Peacock Opal Mine


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Hi Everybody, 

 

I am trying to ID some fossils for my friends from the Royal Peacock Opal MIne. They have these fossils for display only at their gift shop but they are not really sure what they are. These are all miocene age fossils, Humboldt County, Nevada. 

 

I think the foot and the teeth are from some kind of small horse. I have no idea about the jaw with the teeth. 

 

Picture 1: Articulated foot bones from a horse?

Picture 2-4: Jaw section from unknown mammal

Picture 5-6: Bovine tooth, horse? Bison? camel?

Picture 7: Bovine tooth, horse? horse? Bison? camel?

 

Any IDs would be appreciated, 

 

Thanks, 

 

Jesse

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Foot bones look to be from a 2 toed animal which would be an arteriodactyl, not a horse. The teeth also look to be arteriodactyl, although the occlusial surface is not clear in all your pictures.

The size of the teeth is smaller than bovine, maybe camelid?

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8 hours ago, fossilus said:

Foot bones look to be from a 2 toed animal which would be an arteriodactyl, not a horse. The teeth also look to be arteriodactyl, although the occlusial surface is not clear in all your pictures.

The size of the teeth is smaller than bovine, maybe camelid?

Good call, I paid no attention to the scale.

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20 hours ago, JBMugu said:

Picture 5-6: Bovine tooth, horse? Bison? camel?

Picture 7: Bovine tooth, horse? horse? Bison? camel?

I don't see the the horse patterns on these, I'm afraid. :shakehead:

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The foot is indeed an artiodactyl (note the spelling).  Deer maybe?  And the jaw looks camel-ish to me.  I will let others discuss the teeth.  

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On 5/24/2019 at 9:49 AM, JBMugu said:

@siteseer Any ideas?

 

Hi Jesse,

 

Yeah, that all looks like camel to me.  I think that layer is Middle Miocene, Barstovian Mammal Age, so it's too old to have deer, Bison.  @Harry Pristis or @fossillarry should take a look.

 

Jess

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The foot and the jaw appear to be cervid, but not one that I've seen here in Florida.  The isolated cheek teeth may or may not be related.  They are lowers and not from horses.  A full-on image of the occlusal surfaces may be helpful here.

 

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Based on size ,nearly 4 inches, the toe bones could be either camelid or Dromomery cid. T he lower jaw fragment contains the p2and p3 from a dromomerycid. The other teeth represent a merychipine horse in about a Barstovian stage of evolution.

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