tracer Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Rather than voice my guesses and look ignernt, any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Piece of a Giant Armadillo Scute? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Petrified ice cream sandwiches?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 You found giant armadillo osteoderms Holmesina c.f. septentrionalis. It is always fun to find Pleistocene vert material that can be nailed down to an extinct genus as most of the material I encounter amounts to rolled and abraded fragments of who knows what. What state did you hunt in? Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Dan nailed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Piece of a Giant Armadillo Scute? You get my vote on this one too!!! It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 You found giant armadillo osteoderms Holmesina c.f. septentrionalis. It is always fun to find Pleistocene vert material that can be nailed down to an extinct genus as most of the material I encounter amounts to rolled and abraded fragments of who knows what. What state did you hunt in? I thought that's what the one on the right was but wasn't sure about the one on the left. They're more E. Texas river stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evans Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Speaking of Pleistocene indentifications, does any one have any suggestions on a in depth guide or listing for identification? Brian Evans For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Speaking of Pleistocene indentifications, does any one have any suggestions on a in depth guide or listing for identification? For Mastodon & Mammoth, "Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, number 3, The American Mastodon and the Wolly Mammoth" is about as deep as it can get. If you can't find just that paper, it was also published in Osteology for the Archaeologist Volume 56, which includes #4 (N. Am. Birds, Skulls and Mandibles) and #5 (N. Am. Birds, Postcranial Skeletons). Here's an Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Osteology-Archaeolog...s/dp/0873651979 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evans Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 For Mastodon & Mammoth, "Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, number 3, The American Mastodon and the Wolly Mammoth" is about as deep as it can get. If you can't find just that paper, it was also published in Osteology for the Archaeologist Volume 56, which includes #4 (N. Am. Birds, Skulls and Mandibles) and #5 (N. Am. Birds, Postcranial Skeletons).Here's an Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Osteology-Archaeolog...s/dp/0873651979 Thank for the info and the link. Brian Brian Evans For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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