Woolly Rhino Toe Bone

[PaleoNoel]

Hi everyone, this will be the first of several ID requests this week as I'm getting around to sorting through and packing away my fossils from my trip out west and there are plenty of oddities. However, the first piece I'll post does not come from the dry American west, rather from the bottom of the North Sea in the Brown Banks area. I got this "coelodonta toe bone" yesterday at the East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show and wanted to make sure it was a correct identification and not something like bison, aurochs or horse. It's just under 3 inches long and over an inch wide.

[Harry Pristis]

 

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[PaleoNoel]

30 minutes ago, Harry Pristis said:

 

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The bison looks more robust to me, but I'm not sure what that would signify for my toe's ID.

[Harry Pristis]

 

Look at other bovids . . . like auroch.  My illustration was an American bovid toe in rough condition, the best I have.

 

 

[LordTrilobite]

Definitely not rhino.

 

I agree with Harry Pristis that it looks like bovid.

[PaleoNoel]

1 hour ago, LordTrilobite said:

Definitely not rhino.

I agree with Harry Pristis that it looks like bovid.

Well it's a good thing I got it for only $8. Any idea of what it might be? Pleistocene North Sea seems to be one of your strong suits.

[LordTrilobite]

I focus mostly on rhino. But with a toe like this I think it can only be either bovid or cervid.

[PaleoNoel]

5 hours ago, LordTrilobite said:

I focus mostly on rhino. But with a toe like this I think it can only be either bovid or cervid.

Thanks, I looked at some bison toe bones online and that was the most similar. I couldn't find any clear images of cerivd (Megaloceros) digits.