RJB Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I got this bone in a trade some time ago. It was covered in a very hard red rock in places and a crust over the rest of it hiding the real beauty of this bone. These photos are a bit blurry but I really didnt feel like getting dressed and going out in the cold dark garage for more photos, sorry. It took about 2 hours to get off all the hard red rock and crust, but I was amazed at the quality of the detail!!! I cant remember, but I think this came from Hell Creek? I dont know my dino bones from a hole in the ground, so any ideas will be helpful. Thanks RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 You nailed it. As far as what kind of dino....I'll leave that to those more knowledgable than me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 yep looks like a toe bone to me, good luck on an id. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptorclaws Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 The specimen is a hadrosaur pes phalange....foot bone either first or second before the ungual (claw). It's on the large size for that particular part of the skeleton. That all fits with 'Hell Creek' formation in which the most prolific (and sometimes only) Hadrosaur is the genus 'Edmontosaurus'... a physically 'big' genus Hadrosaur Edmontosaurus Phalange, Pes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 very nice toe bone RB, I would have to agree with raptorclaws on his ID, Edmontosaurus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 The specimen is a hadrosaur pes phalange....foot bone either first or second before the ungual (claw). It's on the large size for that particular part of the skeleton. That all fits with 'Hell Creek' formation in which the most prolific (and sometimes only) Hadrosaur is the genus 'Edmontosaurus'... a physically 'big' genus Hadrosaur Edmontosaurus Phalange, Pes Beat me to it, I agree entirely with this ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 The specimen is a hadrosaur pes phalange....foot bone either first or second before the ungual (claw). It's on the large size for that particular part of the skeleton. That all fits with 'Hell Creek' formation in which the most prolific (and sometimes only) Hadrosaur is the genus 'Edmontosaurus'... a physically 'big' genus Hadrosaur Edmontosaurus Phalange, Pes Thank you raptorclaw. I usually need all the help I can get. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Raptorclaw nailed it - those really compressed phalanges of hadrosaurids (and Iguanodontians in general) almost look like flattened vertebrae. If its from the Hell Creek, than Edmontosaurus is most likely it (the only known Hell Creek hadrosaurid). Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 very nice toe bone RB, I would have to agree with raptorclaws on his ID, Edmontosaurus. Hey Bonedigger, I hate to tell you this, being that you find lots of dino stuff, but really, you have to be more like me to be able to find dino toe bones of this quality! You might think that you can just go out fossil hunting and find something like this, but really, lets get real man, its takes a guy like "The Great Rb" to be able to pull something of this caliber out of the dirt! This is not your average everyday toe bone fella, this is truly exceptional and it really does take a true dude such as I to find something this wonderful!!! HA!!! For anyone who can read between the lines,,,, and I cant wait to see how bonedigger is going to respond to this one? Heh,,,,heh,,, RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptorclaws Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Here's a photo of my fossil foot (er, um I mean the hadrosaur's ) with the arrangement of the phalanges. The bigger digit in the rear (proximal) is the first phalange....and the end (distal) phalange is the ungual (claw). Your bone is one of the phalanges between these two. There are seven like yours on each foot. So with a left and right foot that makes 14. It's difficult to tell which of these '14' it could be without it being in articulation with other bones. Note: one toe or one finger bone is a 'phalanx'. two or more are 'phalanges'. but: the word phalange is often used in literature instead of phalanx when referring to one digit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Here's a photo of my fossil foot (er, um I mean the hadrosaur's ) with the arrangement of the phalanges. The bigger digit in the rear (proximal) is the first phalange....and the end (distal) phalange is the ungual (claw). Your bone is one of the phalanges between these two. There are seven like yours on each foot. So with a left and right foot that makes 14. It's difficult to tell which of these '14' it could be without it being in articulation with other bones.Note: one toe or one finger bone is a 'phalanx'. two or more are 'phalanges'. but: the word phalange is often used in literature instead of phalanx when referring to one digit. HOLY snarge!!! That is freagin AWESOME!!! And really, thanks for all the information. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 wow. i want a dinosaur foot to play pranks on people with. i've never gotten to do podiatricks before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 wow. i want a dinosaur foot to play pranks on people with. i've never gotten to do podiatricks before. Ok, im not the sharpest pencil in the box. What is "podiatricks"? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Ok, im not the sharpest pencil in the box. What is "podiatricks"? RB um "podia" is etymologically derived from the early late miocene word meaning "having something to do with a foot". "tricks" are what fools play. plays on words are what i do, and it was kinda a play on the word "podiatrist", who is someone who has secret rendezvouszes with feet, i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Hey Bonedigger, I hate to tell you this, being that you find lots of dino stuff, but really, you have to be more like me to be able to find dino toe bones of this quality! You might think that you can just go out fossil hunting and find something like this, but really, lets get real man, its takes a guy like "The Great Rb" to be able to pull something of this caliber out of the dirt! This is not your average everyday toe bone fella, this is truly exceptional and it really does take a true dude such as I to find something this wonderful!!! HA!!! For anyone who can read between the lines,,,, and I cant wait to see how bonedigger is going to respond to this one? Heh,,,,heh,,, RB Well I would not want to try and one-up the great RB, especially here on the forum. However, I do have "The Mother" of all Edmontosaurus phalanx's which I found a couple years ago from the less infamous Horseshoe Canyon formation up here in Alberta. Which by the way is much closer to Edmonton, so there. . . . . . . . We'll see how good you really are at dino hunting this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Here's a photo of my fossil foot (er, um I mean the hadrosaur's ) with the arrangement of the phalanges. The bigger digit in the rear (proximal) is the first phalange....and the end (distal) phalange is the ungual (claw). Your bone is one of the phalanges between these two. There are seven like yours on each foot. So with a left and right foot that makes 14. It's difficult to tell which of these '14' it could be without it being in articulation with other bones.Note: one toe or one finger bone is a 'phalanx'. two or more are 'phalanges'. but: the word phalange is often used in literature instead of phalanx when referring to one digit. Welcome back Raptorclaws, we missed you! It just dawned on me who you are, maybe it was the picture that gave it away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
va paleo Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 very nice toe bone RB it is Edmontosaurus as all said very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Welcome back Raptorclaws, we missed you! It just dawned on me who you are, maybe it was the picture that gave it away I figured it out when he included a pic of his "T-Rex License Plate" in a post a little while ago. Welcome back indeed! "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...
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