worthy 55 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 (edited) Here are a few odds and ends from our last dive outing. Can anyone give me an idea on what these are? I have been keeping these bones to see if you all could help ID them. All the bones came out of the Santa Fe river in Fla. Thanks Edited October 13, 2009 by worthy 55 It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 Here are a few more. Thanks It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 i say fossils " We're all puppets, I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Here are a few more. Thanks The lozenge-shaped bone could be a sesamoid bone. Sesamoids typically have just one articular face -- a patella is an example. Is that the case with your specimen? The femur appears to be from a dwarf cheetah, Acinonyx minimus. Very rare. . . . . . Just kidding about the femur. These are difficult IDs from images like this. The diagnostic features are the length, the distal morphology, and the proximal morphology. Subtle differences to the inexperienced eye (like mine). 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...
worthy 55 Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 The lozenge-shaped bone could be a sesamoid bone. Sesamoids typically have just one articular face -- a patella is an example. Is that the case with your specimen? The femur appears to be from a dwarf cheetah, Acinonyx minimus. Very rare. . . . . . Just kidding about the femur. These are difficult IDs from images like this. The diagnostic features are the length, the distal morphology, and the proximal morphology. Subtle differences to the inexperienced eye (like mine). Yes, it only has one articular face if this is the one that you are talking about? It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 Maybe these pic will help you a little . It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 The first bone looks to be a soft shelled turtle element. The second bone is a patella, look at camel/llama and tapir. The third bone is a sloth medial phalanx. In the second post, the first bone looks to be fish. As Harry said, the second bone is virtually impossible to ID from pictures. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) Nate, where can I find a picture of a complete sloth medial phalanx? Thanks for the ID help. Edited October 13, 2009 by worthy 55 It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Maybe these pic will help you a little . IMHO, the femur could be this (with allowance for light erosion of the ends): "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...
worthy 55 Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 IMHO, the femur could be this (with allowance for light erosion of the ends): Chas, here are a few more pictures. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Nate, where can I find a picture of a complete sloth medial phalanx? Thanks for the ID help. I brought this one back from Bolivia: 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...
edd Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 sloth, thats a cool find. " We're all puppets, I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Chas, here are a few more pictures. With regard to your femur, a lateral view of the bone could help. The shaft of a canid femur is curved, bowed backward slightly; the shaft of a cat femur is gun-barrel straight. 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...
worthy 55 Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 Hope this helps Harry. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 Well it's still unknown but I like it anyway. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 I don't think it's a cat, so I'd consider small carnivores like raccoon. 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...
worthy 55 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 Thanks , Harry. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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