Pool Man Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Hi all, I've been meaning to post Pics of these since Auspex joined.The brown bone on the left is modern I believe, the second bone comes from the Pliestocene probably and the two broken ones came from the Pliocene shelly layer,All from the same Sarasota creek. This odd bone(claw core?) is from the shelly layer also. Thanks for looking! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 wow very nice finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Nice! The carpometacarpus (second bone) is family Pelicaniformes, probably a Cormorant. The oddball bone looks like a "Tilly bone" from a fish. 1 "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...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Nice! The carpometacarpus (second bone) is family Pelicaniformes, probably a Cormorant.The oddball bone looks like a "Tilly bone" from a fish. Agreed, the carpometatarsus is likely cormorant or anhinga. The bone on the far right is part of an ulna. The other two bones do not look to be bird. If anyone here is ever looking to buy any Florida bird bones, send me a PM. 1 www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Man Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 Thanks everyone. The cormorant is definatly nifty. I read about a mass die off of extinct cormorants found in a shell pit in Sarasota(Probably about 20 Miles from where this was found). I think they recovered about 100 or so skeletons. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members kmccarvi Posted August 4, 2008 New Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 Bone 1 is an avian scapula. Agreed, 3 and 4 don't appear to be bird material. The Florida fossil cormorant site has been worked by Emslie - there are a couple of papers out on it. -km 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members kmccarvi Posted August 4, 2008 New Members Share Posted August 4, 2008 Whoops, yes, Bone 4 *is* a distal ulna! -km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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