JarrodB Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 I know very little on Pleistocene fossils but I always thought the horses that roamed during the Ice Age were much smaller than the modern ones. I found this large solid rock horse cannon bone fossil at the North Sulphur River Texas which is comparable in size to the modern day ones I find. I'm 100 % sure it's a fossil. Sorry I can't take measurements but I'm offshore working. Lol you can use my 6 yr old grandson for scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Actually...during the Pleistocene in the North Texas area, there were likely at least four different kinds of horses running around including at least one of the 'stilt-legged' types with long-slender legs, at least one 'standard' horse-type critter, and one very large 'draught horse' type. Unfortunately, horse taxonomy is still in a bit of a muddle because many of the species were originally describe on the basis of isolated teeth which are very variable to say the least! -Joe 4 Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 some of youmay findthisuseful "immediate edit": I like it on sight alone alternatively: 5705217.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Fruitbat said: Actually...during the Pleistocene in the North Texas area, there were likely at least four different kinds of horses running around including at least one of the 'stilt-legged' types with long-slender legs, at least one 'standard' horse-type critter, and one very large 'draught horse' type. Unfortunately, horse taxonomy is still in a bit of a muddle because many of the species were originally describe on the basis of isolated teeth which are very variable to say the least! -Joe Thanks Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 A pleasure! Perissodactyls (including horses) have always been my favorites! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 12 minutes ago, Fruitbat said: A pleasure! Perissodactyls (including horses) have always been my favorites! -Joe I normally just find fossil horse teeth so hopefully my new creek will produce more Plesitocene finds. My friend found a large section of elk horn from the same creek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Horses and tapirs (exceptionally rarely) are the only perissodactyls you're likely to find in any of the NSR Pleistocene sediments. Artiodactyls (bison, deer, muskox, etc.) are a bit more common. -Joe 2 Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpevahouse Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Most of the Sulfur River fossil hunting videos I've watched on the internet collectors find Cretaceous era fossils much earlier than horses. In my collection I have a few early horse fossils found along the Brazos River Texas from the Pliocene or late Miocene eras. There's a common saying in these parts "If it's too good to be true, it probably is." which means in your case the bone would be exceptional condition if it were Pleistocene, too good to be true considering the usual fragmented, weather worn condition a fossil that old would be found in. Without having seen the bone in person my guess is fairly modern and weather worn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 49 minutes ago, jpevahouse said: Most of the Sulfur River fossil hunting videos I've watched on the internet collectors find Cretaceous era fossils much earlier than horses. In my collection I have a few early horse fossils found along the Brazos River Texas from the Pliocene or late Miocene eras. There's a common saying in these parts "If it's too good to be true, it probably is." which means in your case the bone would be exceptional condition if it were Pleistocene, too good to be true considering the usual fragmented, weather worn condition a fossil that old would be found in. Without having seen the bone in person my guess is fairly modern and weather worn. Negative but thanks. Its solid rock. Lots of Pleistocene in this particular NSR creek. My friend even found an elk horn. NSR has a variety of Pleistocene and Cretaceous fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpevahouse Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Haven't had the privilege of fossil hunting on the Sulfur River only watching Youtube videos of other collectors hunting there usually finding sharks teeth and exogyra or an occasional mosasaur tooth . Also Indian relics, modern trash and interesting stones. I guess just about anything can show up in the Sulfur River if ya look hard enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 There is definitely Pleistocene material there. Check out @Foshunter ‘s gallery on here. He has some nice Pleistocene stuff from the NSR area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 The Pleistocene horse teeth I've picked up all over Texas are comparable in size to those in the extant horse skull sitting in my back yard. Some are quite large. Miocene and Pliocene horses were smaller than Pleistocene counterparts, based on the material I've found throughout those ages in TX. 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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