OssifiedConscript Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 Hello!! Just wanted to share with the forum some of my fossils and bones that I do not need identified but would love thoughts on nonetheless. The elephant bone is of a four tusker- the upper part of the tibia, and completely mineralized, and very heavy. It is anywhere from 13-15 myo. The tortoise shell frags include the lip of the shell, as well as a nice slab of the plastron- found separately, but in the same creek. Tortoises were in Nebraska 8-15 mya. The horse tibia has been identified as either the tibia of the small three-toed horse Pseudhipparion, or the one toed horse Protohippus. All of these were found in Nebraska in a creek that runs through the Valentine and Ash Hollow Formations, both Miocene exposures. Let me know your thoughts!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Congrats on your finds and welcome to The Forum! More angles of your first two bones might assist in more commentary. How did you arrive at the IDs? 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OssifiedConscript Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 2 hours ago, JohnJ said: Congrats on your finds and welcome to The Forum! More angles of your first two bones might assist in more commentary. How did you arrive at the IDs? Thank you very much! During my time in Nebraska I was an intern at a local fossil site- I had the fortune of getting many of my finds ID’d by the veteran vertebrate paleontologist there. I’ve added more photos of the first two- the mineralization of the supposed horse fossil is cool, it seems to be completely filled with soapy-feeling sediment. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 6 hours ago, OssifiedConscript said: Thank you very much! During my time in Nebraska I was an intern at a local fossil site- I had the fortune of getting many of my finds ID’d by the veteran vertebrate paleontologist there. I’ve added more photos of the first two- the mineralization of the supposed horse fossil is cool, it seems to be completely filled with soapy-feeling sediment. Thank you. It would be very interesting to see the defining characteristics that support the identifications. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OssifiedConscript Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 On 10/27/2021 at 10:35 PM, JohnJ said: Thank you. It would be very interesting to see the defining characteristics that support the identifications. Unfortunately I fall a little short there, lol. We had the fortune of a massive fossil collection and lab at our hands, so comparing these bones to the ones on file had me convinced. I was working at ashfall fossil beds where many skeletons of pseudhipparion and protohippus are found, and was able to match it up accordingly. As for the four tusker, it seems to be to definitely be a part of the top of the tibia, and that would have been the only animal around at the time that large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 I understand. Still, if you have contact with anyone close to those collections, it would lend credibility to the IDs if they could send you photographic support for your collection. You must have a lot of great memories of your time there. 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OssifiedConscript Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 On 11/3/2021 at 4:51 PM, JohnJ said: I understand. Still, if you have contact with anyone close to those collections, it would lend credibility to the IDs if they could send you photographic support for your collection. You must have a lot of great memories of your time there. I definitely do! Thank you so much for your responses I’m still in contact with several folks from there, I’ll definitely try to get a good official id! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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