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Found a pic of a medial phalanx that matched shape perfectly. Now need to know what it was from and how old it is. 

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41 minutes ago, Cherie said:

2.5 ma? Not sure what that means. Can u tell me how you know?

2.5 ma (mega annum) refers to a date (a point in time)  2.5 million years ago from 1950. 

 

As a slight aside, 2.5 myr refers to an elapsed time of 2.5 million years. You can say that a fossil is 2.5 myr old as long as you state what the reference date is such as : the present; 1950; the Common Era etc. 

 

See: https://www.thoughtco.com/how-we-talk-about-geologic-time-3974394 

 

and 

 

25_Stratigraphy.6.100.pdf

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Nice find -- congratulations!

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

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2 minutes ago, Cherie said:

I have no idea what to do with it

You could always donate it to the "Grandpa" museum of natural history. :D

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5 hours ago, Rockwood said:

Proximal phalanx of a horse looks close.

Well, it was real close to one, once. :)

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1 hour ago, Cherie said:

I have no idea what to do with it. Haha. Paperweight. :)

Give it to a kid that is interested in paleontology. You might kindle in the kid a lifelong interest in the wonderful world of fossils. 

My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned.   

See my Arizona Paleontology Guide    link  The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere.       

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