New Members Janeav Posted June 16, 2015 New Members Posted June 16, 2015 I found this interesting bone fragment in my raised garden bed. I think it must have come in one of the bags of cotton burr compost I applied earlier this Spring. I used 2 different brands of compost -- they came from Georgia, Texas and Oklahoma. This bone measures 5.5" long, and 2" wide at the joint end.
RichW9090 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) Proximal end of a large mammal rib. Most likely horse or cow.The head articulates directly between the centra of two adjoining vertebra, and the tubercle to a process which stick out from the side of the vertebra. From the looks of it, possibly one of the 2 or 3 anterior-most ribs. The tubercle is the one which stick out sideways relative to the long axis of the rib. Edited June 16, 2015 by RichW9090 1 The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence".
New Members Janeav Posted June 16, 2015 Author New Members Posted June 16, 2015 Rich, Thank you so much! I wasn't even close with ID.
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