JBMugu Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBMugu Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 @siteseer Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace river rat Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Looks like upper horse molars to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilus Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace river rat Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 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. 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 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. 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...
fossillarry Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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