tracer Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 i've found a few phalanges in my day. is this one, cuz it's kinda shaped like one, and doesn't seem to fit in any other category of bone i can think of? there seems to be enough vestiges of cortical bone on each surface to indicate that the shape seen is more or less the shape of the original before mother nature was mean to it. the back of it (yes, i'm being presumptuous) doesn't have any articulating grooves or anything, but i guess if i were a critter with a toe that big, i'd just stomp on stuff and not much worry about how my toes went. anyway, as always, if this is a giant toe of some extinct coolness, then i found it. if it's just a big worn deceptive piece of a cow, tj found it. do not believe otherwise, no matter what sort of snappy comeback he may throw out if he reads this. and no, it was not filched from the reject pile in dan's yard. i never hit that place twice in one week. wait, um, lemmee get back to ya... left side view right side view back end (proximal) view bottom view top view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Could it be a calcaneum??? "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...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 too water worn to tell from pictures. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 N.W. Gulf of Mexico area Dreamin', on a summer's day,........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawooten Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Without a doubt it is bone you can tell from your pics but how about the other end is it unworn like pic three also? That would tell a little more like was it broke at that other end and if complete on that end like pic three it looks good for toe bone but the curve in it may not fit into toe bone. Need to know about other end. The best days are spent collecting fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I can't tell either due to stream wear....can you cut one off a still living beast? Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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