johnnyvaldez7.jv Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Yesterday, on the 4th of July, I was finally able to get out and fossil hunt. I found quite a few things. One was this bone that I believe is an atlas vertebra. I searched online and did not make a match with horse, bison, or even cow. It's mineralized so I didn't think cow was really possible but I compared anyway and didn't see the match. There are two foramen (holes) on each side, opposite each other, on the bottom view. There's also interesting detail and bone structure there as well. I searched 3d horse atlas images and didn't see any of that or on the 3d bison atlas. Any thoughts appreciated. Found on a river gravel bar in SE Texas. Beaumont formation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 big! 2 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Maybe worth a comparison to camel? http://www.natural-history-conservation.com/CamelSkeleton.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyvaldez7.jv Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 @Brandy Cole That is a really good lead... and it just might be from a camelid. Now that I have that information, I'm going to see if I can find an image from the other side... I think it might be more diagnostic. Thanks for the link. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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