Racheld1 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Found a lot of bones at a dry site today. These are the three I’m most curious about. Can anyone ID these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Racheld1 Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 It won’t let me upload the other pics, grrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, Racheld1 said: It won’t let me upload the other pics, grrr Refresh the page. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Racheld1 Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 15 minutes ago, ynot said: Refresh the page. You are brilliant. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchomimus20 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 age of the bones/site please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 The first bone looks like part of a mammal hip. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 The third one is an interesting piece. It has the density of dugong bone, but doesn't look quite like it to me. Are those lines of arrested growth ? Or is it even bone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racheld1 Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 6 hours ago, suchomimus20 said: age of the bones/site please. I’m not sure!!! I was in a pit 12-15 feet deep. North port, fl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racheld1 Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Rockwood said: The third one is an interesting piece. It has the density of dugong bone, but doesn't look quite like it to me. Are those lines of arrested growth ? Or is it even bone ? Those “growth rings” are what intrigued me! Not sure what it could be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Yep I agree # 3 is dugong bone... They do exhibit the banding yours has....usually they are very dense and very heavy for their size of those fragments...you think you are picking up a piece of iron when you get a really good sized piece...its kind of amazing! Here's a link to the UF site that has a pic of the banding for comparison... https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/metaxytherium-floridanum Sorry, cant help with what types of bones the others are or from whom... Regards, Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racheld1 Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 25 minutes ago, Plantguy said: Yep I agree # 3 is dugong bone... They do exhibit the banding yours has....usually they are very dense and very heavy for their size of those fragments...you think you are picking up a piece of iron when you get a really good sized piece...its kind of amazing! Here's a link to the UF site that has a pic of the banding for comparison... https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/metaxytherium-floridanum Sorry, cant help with what types of bones the others are or from whom... Regards, Chris Thank you for the response!! One mystery down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racheld1 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Update- bone #1 is a manatee ulna! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 4 hours ago, Racheld1 said: Update- bone #1 is a manatee ulna! Sounds nice. How was this determined? Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racheld1 Posted May 23, 2019 Author Share Posted May 23, 2019 19 hours ago, ynot said: Sounds nice. How was this determined? I emailed Dr. Richard Hulbert at the Fl Museum of Natural History. I was just super curious about that bone! Couldn't help myself. He probably gets a plethora of emails asking for IDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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