garyc Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 This vertebra is different the typical ones I find. I found it in pleistocene gravels of the Brazos River in SE Texas. Any ideas? The neural canal is so small.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Last pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone guy Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Looks like a whale caudal vert? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Thanks for the quick response. I only find terrestrial mammals around here, so now I’m wondering if this is a Proboscidean caudal? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I’m gonna wager sloth. 2 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Thanks Dan! That would be very cool. From searching images on line and comparing to a smaller sloth caudal I’ve found ; Do the smaller ones have no neural arch? Or are they just broken off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I’ll need to look at mine. They are often just a rolled centrum in my experience, but I do have a few more complete ones. Not all that common with the neural canal like yours. 1 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I think it's a whale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Again, I’ve never heard of any marine mammals coming out of the Brazos River. There is an AOC seen deposit about 100 miles to the north that produces some shark teeth, but nothing like that around me. Maybe @Harry Pristis Could weigh in on this. I will also post some more pics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 Here are 4 more pics with some comparative material. The bottom left in each pic is one that I posted previously which @Uncle Siphuncle had supposed to be a sloth caudal. The upper left is one I found just yesterday and decided to throw in with these. I think the upper left is about the same as the lower left. The one I originally posted in this thread is upper right in each pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 here's the fourth btw....I was initially unable to load this pic because I had reached the max size. I deleted this current post and restarted and was allowed to post this last pic. Maybe I cracked the code...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 here's one more with a glyptodon caudal in the upper right. These are some big size differences for caudal verts. So far they have all been tentatively ID'd as either sloth or glyptodon. Any chance any are holmesina? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Now you have me wondering if my kneejerk response was accurate or not. Won’t hurt my feelings if not! Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilus Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I've attached a picture of a caudal vertebrae that I collected from the Brazos, and I've tentatively identified as Paramylodon (but I am not an expert). The scale doesn't show well, but max width is 7 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilus Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 @garyc Hopefully you are still receiving replies to this thread, but I noticed this vertebrae while trying to ID one of mine. From website: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/eremotherium-tail-vertebra-venice-fl-129187538 : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 2 hours ago, fossilus said: @garyc Hopefully you are still receiving replies to this thread, but I noticed this vertebrae while trying to ID one of mine. From website: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/eremotherium-tail-vertebra-venice-fl-129187538 : Thanks fossilus!! I’d say that’s a dead ringer for mine. That’s pretty cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilus Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Eremotherium is a great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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