New Members natecfields Posted August 29, 2023 New Members Share Posted August 29, 2023 We found this heavy fossilized bone at a river bed today in the Duck River of Middle Tennessee. Thank you all for any who can help us find some possible leads as to what this may have come from. Found by my 7 year daughter Taliah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 Aw, what a cutie! just a thought: may not want to post her photo and name on a website 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 With it being incomplete, you might not get a solid ID. Possibly a bison tibia? Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 piece of a leg bone is about as detailed as you can get, I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Welcome both of you to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 On 8/28/2023 at 10:19 PM, natecfields said: We found this heavy fossilized bone at a river bed today in the Duck River of Middle Tennessee. Thank you all for any who can help us find some possible leads as to what this may have come from. Found by my 7 year daughter Taliah Fields. You are a fortunate man to have a daughter interested in fossils... Here is how you make a good guess at this... Here is a fossilized Deer Tibia... So , break of the end, the marrow hollowed out and split lengthwise.... This bone could be about 12-13 inches.. You have to evaluate ,, This bone length seems a little small in length and not robust in circumference... SO , we might have to move up in mammal size to one larger .. Here is a tibia for wolf... You likely had fossil wolves in Tennessee... https://boneidentification.com/bones/wolf-tibia/ So just look at likely mammals in the last million years in tennessee, Estimate the size by robustness and length and come up with a possibility. Search the internet with your daughter, She will probably find one possibility she likes. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Wouldn't wolf tibia be a step down in size? Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said: Wouldn't wolf tibia be a step down in size? Yes, but I am not trying to be too accurate... Here is an Equus tibia... 393 mm and far more robust than what is shown above.. So, If a deer tibia seems to narrow and not as robust , what mammals would exist in the Tennessee fossil record between deer and horse... 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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