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Is there someone who can help with a fossil ID? Someone gave me this vertebrae and it had a partial sticker on it "Titanothere? vertebrae" It's about 3" tall and 3 1/2" wide at the back and 3" deep from front to back. :)

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Assuming the label is correct, Titanotheres (aka Brontotherium) were a large, rhinoceros-like relative of the horse during the Oligocene.

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Assuming the label is correct, Titanotheres (aka Brontotherium) were a large, rhinoceros-like relative of the horse during the Oligocene.

Cool. Now I know what to tell people other than "fossilized bone of some kind"... Thanks again Fig rocks, this will make a lovely addition to my zoooooooo....

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Cool. Now I know what to tell people other than "fossilized bone of some kind"... Thanks again Fig rocks, this will make a lovely addition to my zoooooooo....

Zoo? I like that! :D

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I have all sorts of whacked out stuff here, it's like a mini museum of natural history....fossils, minerals and crystals, skulls n bones, antique stuff.... all I got for herps right now is my chameleon chongo, and the family pet boa constrictor.... I refer to the collective madness as "the zoo" I should be charging admission, haha

- to be able to lead, you must first refuse to follow

- is that a rock hammer in your pocket, or are you just that happy to see me?

- where are all the unicorn fossils? that stupid troll lied to me!

PS, my avatar is Galeodes arabs, the largest species of solifugid. this one is a baby.....

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