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  1. Discovered an intriguing tooth in an Austin, TX creek. Unsure if it's from a bison, cow, or horse. Any insights appreciated!
  2. garyc

    Bison jaw

    I’m sure I posted this when I found it, but I think I only got “bison” as an id. I’m reposting because of the recent post and subsequent conversation about bison vs cow tooth size. The length of the m3 is about 52mm. Would that measurement be in the range of bison antiquus?
  3. Hello I have found this in a river bed hiking with my family. I think its fairly old but how is hard to tell . The location was in the middle of a river that was lower then usual . I found 2 skulls and so many other bones that we gave up picking them up . 20230806_090919.heic 20230806_090916.heic 20230806_082646.heic 20230723_092521.heic 20230723_092512.heic 20230723_092517.heic
  4. JimFit6979

    Possible Bone

    Hello everybody,i'm James, I live in Portsmouth ohio and found a large trace fossil a year ago and it is so interesting to find fossils. I have no professional stance on the Paleo field, it's just a hobby that holds my interest. I found a big bone in my backyard digging, it was very large and for some sick reason I hoped it was a human bones...ikr! Turns out I guess it's a bison ankle LMBO. I want to see if you guys can tell whether or not this is an actual fossil or a new ...cow ankle..its not dark but pretty white...but it looks fossilized to my u familier eyeballs. . Thanks guys.
  5. luvmymushpups

    More bones from same site

    last week I had a cool find...with help from this forum we identified it as part of the lower jaw of a bison. I live in the interior of Alaska. wood bison use to live here but became nearly extinct 200 years ago. although in 2016 they did release a small herd back into the wild near bethel. also, there is a sandbar a few miles upriver that they have been digging. we had a flood that took out 20-50 feet of riverbank and the river is still receding. I returned to the spot that I found the first bone in yesterday and at the water's edge found an old animal vertebrae, when I checked today, I found two more vertebra and what i think is the second part of the jawbone. the vertabraes all fit together. i am heading back will post better pictures later
  6. We found a large molar in our flower bed after our landscaper dropped off some river rock. It looks very similar to a Bison molar from our @Harry Pristis sampler. The color makes me think it is recent but it feels almost as heavy as Harrys remineralized tooth.
  7. Michael Marinelli

    West Virginia Mammal Teeth

    Hello everyone, I went to visit family this past week in Gilmer County, West Virginia and found these mammal teeth in a creek. They were found pretty close to each other, which makes me wonder if they were from the same animal. They appear to be old, but I don’t think they are completely mineralized. They remind me a lot of the bison teeth I find down in Peace River, FL, but this is weird considering there are no cow or buffalo farms very close to the area I found these (that I know of). Anyone have any idea what these are, why they’re here, and how old they could be?
  8. Shellseeker

    Hunting Bone Valley

    I am looking for opportunities (combo of weather and water depth) to go hunting. Yesterday was one of those days with afternoon Thunderstorms. Got out about an hour early, trying to catch morning sunshine. Having been to this location before, I am expecting mostly marine shark teeth (Megs, Hemis, Dusky/Bull, Sand Tigers), Stingray fossils, Puffer-fish mouth plates and fewer mammal fossils. Expectations were met. Here is what I found... couple of hundred small shark teeth Plus.. usually it is the plus that interests me most... It took a while but I sorted down to this....the stuff I would keep for a while.. A photo of what should be an Alligator tooth: Sharing because of details on internal "rings" and unusual wear pattern.. A nice Ray barb find (for me) ... usually do not find the tips this long. Is this identifiable to species of Ray ? Then a pleasant surprise. I do not find many Bison teeth.... Then a relatively small lower tooth of a Tridactyl horse... At 40 mm, the longest Crown Height I have found in any of the smaller horses. An extra photo for those trying to ID to species and tooth position... Finally, An Equus tooth... This is an odd tooth, Long and THIN... 10.8 mm at its widest point, not much wider than my Nannippus tooth (8.1 mm) above.. Note the Transverse Hunter_Schreger Bands on the root end of this photo below Finally , it seems that the top edge of the chewing surface was "agatized/silicified" but that is now deteriorating....A very interesting tooth.. Mostly the shark and ray fossils came early and the mammal teeth later. The Thunderstorms held off until 1:15 pm, as I was finding the mammal teeth and because of that, had delayed my departure.. 30 minutes of Thunderstorms, heavy rain and flashes of Lightning drove me to cover and away from my shovel... I left after just one more sieve.... All in all, a glorious day with interesting finds...
  9. We recently picked up a landscaping and grass cutting job at a big office for a boat company with several warehouses and an office, etc. I noticed near one of their storage shed was reddish dirt, sandy and full of rocks, typical of the creeks of Northern and Central Louisiana or Mississippi, probably hauled in from 100 miles away. I noticed this and said to myself to keep my eyes out, might find a fossil or arrowhead. Sure enough, this was just barely sticking out. At first I thought it was a cow but realized it was way too big. It also passed the fire and sound test. From looking at others online, I figure it looks like a bison molar 3 from the lower jaw.
  10. klj222

    Bison skull ID

    Hi there! I am new to this site and woefully uneducated on fossils/bones/skulls but my friend felt like this skull was a bit large to be bison bison so I'd love to hear what anyone on here thinks! The largest diameter around the horn base is 8.5 inches. Item was found in NW Wyoming in the Wyoming range mountains south of Bondurant, WY. It was unearthed in an area that was burned over by the Roosevelt fire in '18. I don't really know what happens to bone when it burns so totally possible its a recent burned skull and not even a fossil but I figured I'd ask. Thanks so much.
  11. tiars

    Bison or Cow Molar?

    I was on a hike with my boyfriend yesterday along a lake in Central Alberta, Canada when we came across this bone in the river. I know some of the discourse of using the stylid as an identification tool to differentiate between cows and bison but I can’t seem to figure this one out! Please let me know!
  12. EroHed

    What type of tooth is this?

    Is this a Cows Tooth? If so, what part, and is it old or modern.
  13. Callahan

    Bison skull cap male or female?

    all, Can any bone experts id this as a male or female bison skull cap ? Old or young male or female ? im going to have some of my best bone finds displayed at a local nature center in may and I’m not a expert on bone id or aging bones. I epoxied recently to stop deterioration after skull dried. any recommendations such as young bull, female, male or what ever y’all can tell me looking at my pics. this is a river find and half of skull was exposed after recent flood as well as some other bones that I suspect came from same animal I found above skull and down stream 10 to 20 yards from skull. also already went back and dug considerable amount in area and didn’t find anymore of skeleton etc. most intact horn is est to be around between 7 and 8 inch long of tip was present. Right side is lost. 22inch spread as it is now with broke horns So add 1 inch to long horn and 3 to 4 inches on broke horn for total approximately 27 inches total when animal was alive etc. a est.
  14. SawTooth

    Bison/cow tooth?

    Hello, I was fossil hunting a creek in north Florida yesterday and along with finding what I believe is our first meg out of this creek, we found a strange tooth that I believe is bovine or camel. (This is in inches, I couldn't find my tape measure- 1 inch~2 1/2 cm)
  15. GPayton

    Came/Bison Scaphoid?

    I found this small bone on my most recent trip to the North Sulphur River. I know the river produces Pleistocene material from the river terrace deposits every once in a while and this bone looks completely different from all of the Cretaceous vertebrate fossils I've seen in the river before (mosasaur, turtle, fish, etc.) so I assumed it must be Pleistocene in age. In fact, it looks exactly like the heavily-mineralized Pleistocene bones I find near Houston. The dark brown color, how smooth and heavy it is, and the high-pitched clink noise it makes when it's tapped by anything metal are all characteristics I'm used to seeing. I could tell right away that it was some sort of wrist or ankle bone, but because I've only handled astraguli and calcanea before I didn't know exactly which one. An hour of searching here on the forum allowed me to narrow it down to a scaphoid but beyond that I couldn't get any more precise. The only pictures I found that seemed to match the closest were scaphoids from bison and camels. Can anyone here confirm an ID one way or the other? I'll tag @Harry Pristis, @Shellseeker, @garyc, @fossilus to get some better-trained eyes on this. Thanks!
  16. I tried to look it up and I can't tell if it is a Bison, Auroch or maybe a Cow.
  17. Fullux

    Fossil?

    Hi, my friend just sent me pictures of this, compairing it to fossilized teeth I have from ungulates it looks like fossil to me, but I need a second opinion. Found in Kentucky.
  18. Meganeura

    The Return to the Peace

    So doing a culmination of my last couple trips out - and the fossil gods were benevolent these past trips! Found my first and second bison teeth, a rhino astragalus, a decently sized, very pretty Meg, and a bunch of other things! So without further ado: Starting off with the shark’s teeth - 2.3” Meg, tiny little posterior Meg, and a pathological Carcharhinus tooth: The bison teeth - both 4th premolars, but one is an upper (left), and one is a lower (right): The rhino astragalus: 2 Horse teeth, tapir tooth crown, rodent incisor, fish jaw, and an orange burr fish mouthplate: Gator teeth, an orange Croc tooth, 2 gator osteoderms, and 2 gator verts (Tail, I think?): 1 Holmesina osteoderm, 1 Juvenile glyptodon, 2 broken glyptodon, 1 Dasypus Bellus flex osteoderm, and 1 Dasypus novemectus flex osteoderm: Big chunk of mammoth tooth: And the rest of my finds minus the shark teeth - including a hawk claw core, an unknown claw core, a toe bone, cetacean ear bones, mammoth frags, and some other stuff: Overall I had some awesome finds, and I know there’s gonna be plenty more where that came from!
  19. Callahan

    Bison skull cap found north tx

    After 20 years of searching creeks and local Texas river I finally found a bison skull well the cap with horns. Creek was just low enough for me to see it. Think roots growing in it helped it not wash away. Found a few bones 30 yards down stream that prob came from same animal found 100s prob close to over 500 bones of this species and others but no skull cap with horns. just a few jaws with teeth etc. here she is. Will start to preserve it and sitting in water right now. tons of roots in it in every little hole and compact deposit mud and rock. i added in my opinion the prettiest of north Texas fish species also I caught. I have a native aquarium at my house. Also my 11 year old thosand mile walked together explorer dog also. she keeps Sasquatch at bay and and other things I cannot see at bay or alerts they are around while my head is looking at ground. good advice is to get a dog that can be vicious when needed. Just saying. Some weird stuff in the woods I have encountered. IMG_3548.MOV
  20. KimTexan

    My Texas Bison Bonanza

    Last June 2018 I stumbled upon the skeleton of a bovid in a creek that was quite old considering it was down 5 feet or so in a bank. I thought it was a cow. I collected the bones that had fallen and a couple that easily came out without any real digging. I brought them home and washed them up and most have been sitting out on my patio under a bit of cover. Last Wednesday night I went to the monthly Dallas Paleontological Society meeting. While there I bought a book on cow and bison fossils. This past Saturday I had a busy morning and afternoon and got home a little after 3:00. I sat down to read the book. It named 3 notable differences between cow and bison bones. I was reading in suspense. I wanted to know if it was cow or bison. Of course I wanted it to be bison, but assumed it was cow. I got to page 10 and the one distinguishing bone I had was a metatarsal. I went and got it and I suddenly realized it was a bison bone!!! ! I had a sudden rush of excitement. My adrenaline was flowing as I flew around the house to change clothes and gather stuff I may need. I did not know what I’d find. For all I knew everything had washed away already. It had been over 7 months. We’ve had lots and lots of rain and numerous flooding events since last June. So I was skeptical. The place is about 40 min from my house. By the time I got everything ready and got there it was almost 4:30. It is about a 10 min walk from where I park my car. I’d never been to the creek in wet season so for all I knew it would be under water. I put on my hip wanders just in case. I got my pack and my garden hoe/claw digging tool. I headed out to the spot. The area above the creek is a flood plane. There was lots of standing water everywhere. When I got into the woods there were 2 nice 8-10 person tents there which appeared to have been vacated rapidly. They were in the flood plane and looked liked they had actually been flooded. No one had returned to take them down. There were hog tracks all over the place and the odor of hog excrement in the air. The forest floor was very mucky. I meandered through the trees and fallen limbs. The forest was fairly wide open with very little underbrush. I came to a point where I had to turn right to be able to find a point of access to the creek. The banks are 10 to 20 feet or more high depending upon where you’re at in the creek. The bank edge is a straight drop down into the creek so you can’t enter just anywhere. I came to a spot where there was a 3 foot drop with a tangle of roots where I could get down to a lower level and then into the creek. Then there was a hill so I sat down to scoot over the edge and then walked carefully down the hill. From there it was a short distance to the creek. Then I turned to walk down steam. I came around the bend in the creek and saw this. If you look closely you can see a large whitish object. That is the bison skull. To the left were thoracic vertebra and to the right were cervical vertebrae. Go figure that one out. Then there were some ribs and the edge of other bones and then another 5 feet down on the right was a femur. It was pretty chilly. In the low 40s with a stiff wind. Although down in the creek I was protected from the wind. I put down my pack and took out my gloves and a chisel to probe the dirt with and pull some of it away. The base of both horns were present, but no sign of the whole horns. A tip of a horn was broken off and sitting in the cavity of the other horn on the right. Otherwise both horns were gone. I carefully lifted the horn tip out and set it aside. Here is the skull with the horn tip on the right. These are thoracic vertebra. There are 6 visible behind the roots. These are cervical vertebra. I think 5 or 6 of them exposed. I uncovered part of the skull to its condition. There were a couple tree roots growing through it and the skull was split in two front to back about where the upper sinus cavities were. There were cracks all over the back and side of the skull. The atlas vertebra was in place with a bone that looked a bit like a broken rib sticking out of it. I didn’t know what was going on there. It seemed fixed in place as if it belonged there. After seeing all the cracks I decided to go back to my car and get the bottle of cyanoacrylate, my head lamp and something to drink. I grabbed a couple plastic bags and a small plastic box. I hurried back to begin the task of excavating the vertebrae and begin pedestaling the skull. I was in for a lot of work and sunset was only 30 minutes away. But I was really hyped about the whole thing. It was more fun and play than work in my eyes. I’ll post more of the story and pics tomorrow.
  21. Bison bison. Wisconsin glaciation. Southern Minnesota, Brown County. Science Museum of Minnesota. Found in a riverbed in September of 2020 on a joint citizen scientist and Science Museum outing. I found this femur by noticing the femoral head sticking out of the river bottom. External Post:
  22. Hey guys! Found this medial Phalanx yesterday - and can’t figure out if it’s cow and thus modern, or bison and thus a fossil. It’s heavier than modern bones I’ve found but I wouldn’t say it’s rock solid/fully mineralized yet. Measures 47mm long by 25mm wide. @Harry Pristis I was looking at your comparison for them and can’t tell any discernible differences, any idea which this may be?
  23. TimWillDye

    Atlas Vertebrae from Bison?

    Hello new friends, My family just returned from a trip to Edisto Beach South Carolina, USA. We were walking the beach between Jeremy's Cay and the Pavilion looking for shells and shark's teeth when we almost tripped over this specimen. Based on image searches, it appears to be an atlas vertebrae possibly from a Bison. I am interested in a proper ID and learning as much as I can about it. I am attaching images, but if you need more information or better images, please let me know. I really appreciate any help you can give.
  24. i.amsherlocked

    Bison vertebrae?

    Found eroded from a river embankment in Edmonton AB, thoughts on what it came from or how old it could be? Due to its size i was thinking Bison rather than cow but I'm happy to hear other opinions, thanks.
  25. amberrose17

    Bison skull need help identifying

    This was found in north Dakota This site has just been exposed there's been a 2 year drought and a lot of high winds , we also found Folsom points ,ultra thin halfted knifes , all made with knife river flint ,a lot of large preforms with Paleo flaking, points were sent to Jackson galleries and were authenticated as Folsom, This skull looks like it's from a very young bison , the way the horns seem to be bending is different from a bison antiquus , They look to be bending downward, Tip to tip it's 24 inches,
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