Krazy Rick Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I picked this up today - hope the pics are OK - thanks ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I think you have part of a turtle. "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...
Scylla Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) Looks like a sacrum? Where was it found? Edited October 21, 2013 by Scylla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Rick Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Thanks, what part would that be ? ..... what type of turtle ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Looks like a sacrum? Where was it found? I agree. I don't think it is part of a turtle. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 A sacrum is just above your tailbone. I don't think it is from a turtle. Look here: https://www.google.com/search?q=sacrum&hl=en&gl=us&authuser=0&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=o6BlUqyxMIHB4APPlYHADg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=608&dpr=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Rick Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 I just looked that up, your right .... Yikes !!! ....... I got it from my same place in Scarborough, ontario - I wonder how old it is, this is freaking me out !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 What size is it? "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...
Roz Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Is it from a human then? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Is it from a human then? Holy guacamole!!! "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Rick Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 It measures 43/4" L X 41/2 Wide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Rick Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Holy guacamole!!! I know, I'm hoping it's from a caveman, or at least a few hundred years old ......... seriously !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Rick Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 It measures 43/4" L X 41/2 Wide Correction, 4 3/4" X 4 1/2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Yeah, that's way bigger than I thought. "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...
Krazy Rick Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Yeah, that's way bigger than I thought. I wonder what the average size of a human one is ......although, I'm sure it depends on the age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Gee, I'm missing mine. Want to trade? Neat find. Does look human but....no idea of what other mammal sacrums look like. Regardless, never came across a human bone before and wonder if I'd recognize one unless the skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) I don't have my human anatomy book here, but it sure does look human. Look at the way the articular surface for the last lumbar vert (top edge in last photo) is so much bigger than the articular surface for the first tail bone (bottom edge ion same photo). And I think the five fused verts is typically human. A dog for example only has three. I leave it open to discussion. Edited October 22, 2013 by jpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 In side view, how much does it curve back? "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...
Cole Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 If it walks like a duck... Knowledge has three degrees-opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. Plotinus 204 or 205 C.E., Egyptian Philosopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Rick Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 In side view, how much does it curve back? About 2 1/2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Rick Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 Update - because this did turn out to be a human bone, I gave it to the Police; they were very interested & will have it tested for dating; etc. I'm happy sticking with fossils & delighted to get it out of here !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auximenes Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Interesting, please keep us updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 You did the right thing.. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RojoViejo Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Univ of Arizona, Arizona State Museum http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/crservices/human_animal_bone.shtml States that Humans have 5 vert while Animals have 3 or 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodney Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Human, my wife is in the medical field and says its human and is rather old. How old is it? 500 years plus, I can`t say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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