hemipristis Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 hello all, it's been a while since I've been on. I hope you are all doing well in these trying times. I recently purchased a series of large mammal phalanges from Lee Creek. They're clearly Yorktown (Pliocene). While they seem to resemble seal phalanges, they're awfully large (14-15 cm). I'm wondering if they are walrus instead? Does anyone know if the last Smithsonian Lee Creek volume (Vol 4) is available online as a pdf? Alternately, are there easy "tolls" that I can use to distinguish, or does anyone feel comfortable making a distinction? Thanks! 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 There's no pdf online, but I'm happy to take a look if you post some photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 On 8/10/2020 at 6:22 AM, Boesse said: There's no pdf online, but I'm happy to take a look if you post some photos! Thank you! There are 6 bones in total. I won't overwhelm by posting all of them at once. I'll do one set at a time. Here are the first two. 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 Set 2 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 Set 3 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 My hunch is that these are all the large seal Callophoca obscura - they don't really look a whole lot like Odobenus (modern walrus) phalanges/metapodials, and no published phalanges or metapodials of Ontocetus emmonsi exist. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 17 hours ago, Boesse said: My hunch is that these are all the large seal Callophoca obscura - they don't really look a whole lot like Odobenus (modern walrus) phalanges/metapodials, and no published phalanges or metapodials of Ontocetus emmonsi exist. thank you! 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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