ElToro Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 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. "That belongs in a museum!" - Indiana Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 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 1 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, caldigger said: Those seem awefuly thick for Cave Bear Epiphysis. Here is an example from Romanian Cave Bear I have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElToro Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 Ahhh. I'm thinking that maybe these were from prenatal bears so haven't been compressed at all yet. "That belongs in a museum!" - Indiana Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElToro Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 I'm sure they are cave bear as they were part of a lot of Romanian cave bear material. "That belongs in a museum!" - Indiana Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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