Guest Smilodon Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I really don't expect anyone to guess this one except maybe Auspex. That's hint #1 #2 it's extinct #3 Pleistocene #4 the specimen now permanently resides @ Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (for a reason) #5 Only found at one site in the world until I found this 2,154 miles away (but who's counting) Closest answer gets a "DVPS ex-Presidential Attaboy or Attagirl" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Titanis walleri partial ulna. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Titanis walleri partial ulna. I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
va paleo Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 i agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Titanis walleri partial ulna. Titanis has been found at TWO Sites, I believe and not an ulna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I agree Negatory - I would never post anything so pedestrian as Titanis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 i agree That would be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Titanis walleri partial ulna. A thousand pardons (it was so long ago) - yes, right proximal ulna - you get an Att but not an Attaboy just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Teratorn? "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...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Teratorn? You are correct, Sir. Cathartornis gracilis. Only found at LaBrea and pretty rare there. I found my piece of ulna on Apollo Beach in Florida. Due to variance of bird bones, there is not quite enough for new species determination although it probably is, since it may be 1 million years older than the LaBrea specimens. So sayeth Kenneth Campbell. Here is your Attaboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
va paleo Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Teratorn is one of my fav birds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Teratorn is one of my fav birds There aren't many of us around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 You are correct, Sir.Cathartornis gracilis. Only found at LaBrea and pretty rare there. I found my piece of ulna on Apollo Beach in Florida. Due to variance of bird bones, there is not quite enough for new species determination although it probably is, since it may be 1 million years older than the LaBrea specimens. So sayeth Kenneth Carpenter. Here is your Attaboy. As I was correct in only a limited way, put an asterisk in the record books. My guess was largely based on your clues; morphology only played a roll in not ruling out the family. I'd like to think that, had I spent more time actually confirming, I might have deduced C. gracilis. Maybe a larger sample size will emerge (new finds/old collections) which will allow a new species to be erected. It would take only one dedicated researcher (with funding and access)... Congrats on your find, BTW! "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...
va paleo Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 http://www.jstor.org/pss/2421186 that is neet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
va paleo Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 http://www.jstor.org/pss/4086534 more info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 As I was correct in only a limited way, put an asterisk in the record books.My guess was largely based on your clues; morphology only played a roll in not ruling out the family. I'd like to think that, had I spent more time actually confirming, I might have deduced C. gracilis. Maybe a larger sample size will emerge (new finds/old collections) which will allow a new species to be erected. It would take only one dedicated researcher (with funding and access)... Congrats on your find, BTW! Ken Campbell the head birdman at La County is reexamining all known Cathartornis material and he identified it and declined on new species even though he though it was. - just not enough to go on (sigh!). But it will get written up someday based on range extension alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 http://www.jstor.org/pss/4086534 more info You are officially entered into the Brotherhood of the Teratorn. Seriously - Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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