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Martin Dammann replied to the topic Chevron bones known in Oreodon tails? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoI would be very gratefull on anything you can find out. I realized I can fineprep some parts a little bit more.
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Martin Dammann replied to the topic Chevron bones known in Oreodon tails? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoHello Mr. MacFadden. Thank you very much for this information.
The fossil is prepared and visible from above. There are some foot bones of the hind legs that have fallen off and drifted a bit, but they are in higher niveaus of the rock. At this time the tail must allready have been fully covered. All other bones are in the original position. I…[Read more]
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Martin Dammann started the topic Chevron bones known in Oreodon tails? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 7 months ago
7 years, 7 months ago7 years, 7 months agoWhilst preparing a Merycoidodon culbertsoni that I found in 2012 in the Lusk/Wyoming area I discovered several small bones between and seemingly underneath the caudal vertebrae all along the tail.
The bones in question appear between 5 different caudal vertebrae and decrease in size.
Here photos of the 3rd and 5th bone. The 5th and smallest bone…[Read more]