jenn11-11 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Please help. Found this bone and have a few ? ? ?s. 1. In your opinion is it fossilized? (I'm clueless) 2. What sort of bone is it? 3. What animal could it have come from? It is 10 inches long Center is 6 & 1/4 inches Round Ends ~ 1 is 12 inches the other is 11 inches Please don't say its a cow bone, my family keeps making fun of me because I kept it. But it is what it is, so just give it to me..... I can handle the truth. Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 pretty sure that's a bison bone.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Bison or cow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 cow, not fossilized. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Jenn, they do not look like fossils but thats how most of us started out by picking up bones. You can take a match and heat one of the ends and if it smells like hair burning then it's not a fossil. Cool finds though. :cool: :cool: It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Please help.Found this bone and have a few ? ? ?s. 1. In your opinion is it fossilized? (I'm clueless) 2. What sort of bone is it? 3. What animal could it have come from? It is 10 inches long Center is 6 & 1/4 inches Round Ends ~ 1 is 12 inches the other is 11 inches Please don't say its a cow bone, my family keeps making fun of me because I kept it. But it is what it is, so just give it to me..... I can handle the truth. Thank You Welcome to the forum, Jenn. I think the earlier IDs are probably correct. It appears to be a cow humerus. The match test will tell you if it is mineralized. Modern bones are useful in a comparative collection when you start finding bison or musk-ox bones. ---------Harry Pristis http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 cow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil finder79 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 deffinantly a cow :Gator: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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