TriVeratops Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 (edited) I’ve recently received a box of White River fossil “projects” in unlabeled baggies. Most look like an exercise in frustration, but this one was relatively easy to put back together. It was only in 12 pieces, fortunately all in one bag 😅 To me it looks like a tibiotarsus from a bird, but correct me if I’m wrong. I don’t know the White River fauna very well. The White River wiki lists only two bird genera, Bathornis and Paracrax, both of which were large ground dwellers and seem to have been larger than this fossil (although I suppose it could be a smaller species or a juvenile). Having just seen a couple of beautiful wild turkeys today, I’m guessing my bird was about turkey-sized. Thoughts on an ID? Edited August 6 by TriVeratops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriVeratops Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 I don’t imagine this makes much of a difference in terms of ID, but the other bags contain oreodont and smaller mammal fragments, pieces of what appear to be brontothere/titanothere teeth, and some white oblong things that look like half-squished snake eggs. Unfortunately I don’t have more specific information about where and when this fossil was found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 @Auspex 1 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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