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Dave Zee posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app. 1 year, 4 months ago
1 year, 4 months ago1 year, 4 months agoDave Zee has contributed specimen mFeM 140366 to myFOSSIL!
Dave Zee posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app. 1 year, 4 months ago
Dave Zee has contributed specimen mFeM 140366 to myFOSSIL!
astragalus ankle bone probably a deer
It is indeed the astragalus (left one methinks) from an artiodactyl, perhaps deer. There is no reliable way to easily tell whether it is modern or from the last ice age, but given the circumstances of its finding I’d lean towards the former.
it definitely looks like the deer bones that I have in my collection
Lick it, if it sticks, it’s mineralized. Or burn it a little with a lighter, if it stinks, than it’s modern