Cris Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Alright, guys. Wanted to show something I found the other day on the Forum, but I figured I'd make you guys guess what it is first. Certain people aren't allowed to guess (you know who you are!), but others are welcome to Google or do whatever to figure out what it is. It should be pretty easy with the pics I'm attaching. -Cris PS: Not bison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 I wanna guess!! but i can't ...i'm one of those certain ppl " We're all puppets, I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Some kind of sheep? anyway great find. Congrats, Cris Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 My guess would be Leptomeryx or a very small Poebrotherium. www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 capromeryx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordovician_Odyssey Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 some kind of rodent.........big rodent -Shamus The Ordovician enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Mini bison. See Tracer! I stole your guess!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Hear that sound? No? Put your ear to the ground. Yeah, that sound--the vibrations coming through the earth. They will be here soon. By the tens of thousands. Minibison! That's a visual. www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 folx that ain't no rodent jaw. that's an artiodactyl jaw for dang sure. a weensey one. a capromeryxly weensey one, i'm hoping. don't think fetal mini-microbisons were fully dentitioned by that size. woulda been.......<drumroll, puhlease....wait for it!> edentulous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordovician_Odyssey Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 hyracotherium? -Shamus The Ordovician enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 capromeryx You got it. A very, very young Capromeryx. I found it in a 5 gallon bucket of material I scooped out of a site I like to dive. Although I've seen isolated teeth, bones and horn cores posted on the forum, I can't remember a jaw section. I thought you guys might like to see it. Also found this isolated tooth the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 i'm very glad you posted it, and i'd love to find even one tooth from that animal. it's very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Tiny critter! About the size of a Dik-dik. Prolly would have made a nice pet! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Very cool Cris. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 (edited) Cris, don't I have one of those teeth? Edited October 27, 2010 by worthy 55 It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 Cris, don't I have one of those teeth? Yep, though there was a little debate as to whether or not it was the Blancan Capromeryx or a modern goat. I still say Capromeryx on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 I know most of you guys have seen reconstructed deer legs, but have you ever seen one from a capromeryx? (besides the time I posted a bad pic of this one when I didn't have all the bones) The tip of the left hoof was damaged and healed when the animal was alive. I love fossils that tell a story! You can just see the little thing running for its life away from this:, trying to leap over a log and smacking the tip of its hoof against it. So, Smarty Pants Members (not too smarty parts..certain people are still exempt from all this)...What is the bone in the second pic from? I've already given a great hint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 So, Smarty Pants Members (not too smarty parts..certain people are still exempt from all this)...What is the bone in the second pic from? I've already given a great hint. a pelvisaurus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 You got it. A very, very young Capromeryx. I found it in a 5 gallon bucket of material I scooped out of a site I like to dive. Although I've seen isolated teeth, bones and horn cores posted on the forum, I can't remember a jaw section. I thought you guys might like to see it. Also found this isolated tooth the other day. Excellent find, Cris! The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 No takers on the ilium, eh? I didn't know what it was when I found it either... Nor did the paleontologists at the museum. We had to go down and compare it to their collections to figure it out. There is a modern animal alive today that is adapted to catching and eating an animal similar to a Capromeryx (well, another kind of antilocaprid, at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 hmmm, a cheetahchupacabra! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Cheetah?! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 You guys got it. Miracinonyx, the "American Cheetah". What's interesting is that its believed they weren't related to true cheetahs at all. They just evolved in a similar way to hunt a similar kind of prey (convergent evolution). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 lies! it was the land tortoises! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 lies! it was the land tortoises! :lol: Ahem,time for your med's again tracer. Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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