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ID of possible intervertebral disks


ElToro

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Hi guys! I haven't been on TFF for AGES but am getting back in the groove. My question for y'all today is regarding these fossils. They are Pleistocene cave bear fossils from Romania. I bought these as juvenile intervertebral disks. Is that what these are? They are much lighter and led dense than verts. I'm curious. 

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These are called epiphysis plates.  They eventually fuse onto the vertebra with age, so by definition they are from a juvenile. I've seen many from marine mammals, but never a bear before

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3 minutes ago, caldigger said:

Those seem awefuly thick for Cave Bear Epiphysis.

Here is an example from Romanian Cave Bear I have.

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Ahhh. I'm thinking that maybe these were from prenatal bears so haven't been compressed at all yet. 

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I'm sure they are cave bear as they were part of a lot of Romanian cave bear material. 

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