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Hi Everyone, I went fossil hunting last weekend on the Norfolk coast, UK. A long walk up and down the beach of Happisburgh. Well known for its Ice Age mammal finds. I found a few different pieces, but this one in particular caught my eye. It's been rolled around in the surf somewhat, but I was hoping someone might be able to ID this for me? Because it does retain some shape still, it kind of looked like the end of a femur or tibia? But it does also resemble an ankle bone from a large animal, possibly Mammoth, Rhino or Bison? What do we think? Thanks in Advance, Jim.
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A couple of weeks ago I went on a trip to the Zandmotor beach in the Netherlands. This beach is mainly known for Pleistocene fossils. I try to go every couple of weeks, but this time I found a couple of really nice fossils - all within the time span of 20-30 minutes. In total I stayed for a couple of hours and found a couple more bone fragments. I would love to share my top 3 with you: The first one is the best fossil I’ve found so far: a piece of upper jaw from a woolly rhino (coelodonta antiquitatis) with the first molar. The second one is a complete radius from an otter (lutra lutra). The final find of the three was a fragment of a radius from either a cave lion (panthera leo spelaea) or a bear (ursus sp.). I still need to compare this one in real life with someone else’s collection. I’m incredibly stoked to have found these beautiful fossils and wanted to share it with you!
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Hi I am hoping for a little help with this jaw I am thinking of buying please. Listed as Juvenile Woolly Rhino jaw, perma frost find. Has been cleaned and preserved. I have stupidly made a bid on it that if needs be I will reluctantly with draw if need to, but auction ends tomorrow night (Monday) so any thoughs or help is appreciated! Fingers crossed as I like the look of it. Have a sneaky feeling it might be Horse though! Cheers!
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I am going to use this as a great place to showcase my personal collection of pliestocene age fossils! First I have a couple of cave hyena jaw sections!
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Hey there! I am new to the forum and have been collecting fossils for most of my life! The majority of my collection is Pliestocene focused! I love cave bear, woolly rhino, and mammoth! Looking for a place to see other people's collections but also show case my own!
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I recently acquired this rhino jaw advertised as a woolly rhino, yet ad said it was found in southeast asia, which would be inconsistent. Seller then said it might come from the Russian-Mongolian border. Can anyone tell the difference anatomically between a woolly rhino jaw and its southeastern asian contemporaries'? Age range stated as 20,000 to 40,000 years ago.
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These 2 Woolly Rhino (Coelodonta Antiquitatis) teeth came in yesterday. They were found in The Netherlands some time ago, but not in the Ocean (why the different colors). They come from the same specimen but the lower jaw was sadly not savable.
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Another Woolly Rhino with amazing preservation was unearthed in Siberia. It was found near the site where 'Sasha' was discovered on the Tirekhtyakh river. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/30/siberia-permafrost-yields-well-preserved-ice-age-woolly-rhino This video showcases some of the internal organ preservation better than the pictures.
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14,000 year old puppy (could be wolf or dog) found frozen had a chunk of woolly Rhino meat in its stomach as determined by DNA. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/europe/woolly-rhino-puppy-intl-scli-scn/index.html
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Genome Study of Woolly Rhino Shows Stable Population Until 4500 Years Before Extinction
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They sequenced 14 woolly rhino genomes and found that they co-existed with humans for thousands of years with stable population sizes. They then conclude that humans did not cause the extinction, but warming of the climate did. What if wooly rhino just tasted bad? Then humans wouldn't hunt them until the other megafauna were extinct. Or we invented barbeque sauce. Then they would disappear in a blink of an eye. Anyway here's the news article: https://phys.org/news/2020-08-ancient-genomes-woolly-rhinos-extinct.html- 1 reply
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hello folks, I recently acquired a series of 3 teeth identified by the dealer as belonging to Coelondonta antiquitatis (woolly rhino) from 'Russia' (whatever that means). The teeth are certainly from the rhino family (that's as close as I can personally get), but these particular teeth are huge, t least twice the size of any other woolly rhino (or Teleoceras sp. ) teeth that I have (sample size about 20), or any scaled photos of woolly rhino teeth and jaws with teeth that I've found online (note: lots of photos available online, few with scale, alas). I've include two photos below showing the teeth, and a tape measure for scale. Two additional photos follow that include a woolly rhino jaw with teeth and a separate tooth for comparison to these three It got me wondering if these aren't from a woolly rhino but another member of the family?. In scanning the Asiatic rhino family tree, Elasmotherium sp. (Pleistocene) and Paraceratherium sp. (Oligocene) are the only two that exhibit a notable size difference from ol' Woolly. Unfortunately, there are maddeningly few images of teeth or jaws from these two animals, and nothing with scale that I can find. Thoughts? Any references to recommend? thanks in advance!
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I'm not sure this is what it seems, but the idea of a bone hunting dog is very appealing https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/super-sniffing-beagle-discovers-bone-14241458.amp
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From the album: @Max-fossils 's Zandmotor Finds
An awesome woolly rhino molar, of the species Coelodonta antiquatis. Though the chewing surface is slightly damaged, this is so far my best Zandmotor find!- 13 comments
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A nice lower molar of the woolly rhino, found on the Zandmotor. Note that the chewing surface is slightly damaged. Found as beach float, from offshore deposits.
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Hello everyone! Saturday, I went hunting again at the Zandmotor. Even though it is only 25 min away by car from my house, I don't get to hunt there often. First off, a small introduction to the Zandmotor: The Zandmotor is a big beach extension between Kijkduin and Ter Heijde, and it is made by man. The fossils found there are mainly seashells (clams and cockles), which fill the beach, and also mammal bones, which most people search for (most just ignore the seashells, which leaves more for a seashell-lover like me ). Sometimes great white shark teeth are found too, but they are the only species of shark found at the Zandmotor (from what I heard); it's a mystery as to how the shark teeth got there. All the fossils date from the Pleistocene to the Holocene periods (so they are relatively young). The reason that fossils can be found there is because the fossils got dredged up from the North Sea, which is very rich in fossils; the case is similar for the Maasvlakte 2 and the Hoek van Holland, two other locations on the Dutch coast. The Zandmotor actually just looks like any other normal sandy beach, and many people just use it as such. In fact many people that regularly go on the Zandmotor ignore that fossils can be found! The Zandmotor is also a popular place for taking your dog out for a walk. Now my trip report: When we arrived, it was still rather cloudy, but at least it wasn't raining and there was little wind. We did put on our fat coats and were well prepared to face the cold. The small crash of the waves and the squawk of the seagulls filled the air. In the background, the harbor could be seen. Lucky for us, the weather quickly cleared up and gave way to a nice blue sky.
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Axis vertebra of a woolly rhino.
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The right ulna of a woolly rhino. The distal joint is missing.
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The right tibia of a woolly rhino.
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The third right metacarpal of a Woolly Rhino.
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