Bones, Bones, Bones . . . Who Has Some Interesting Fossil Bones?
Show us your fossil bones! Here's one to get this thread started:
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
Re: Bones, Bones, Bones . . . Who Has Some Interesting Fossil Bones?
Nice array of elephant fossils, 'reef12' !
I like that musk ox, too -- they didn't get this far south (Florida). Except for bison, the bovids are northern fossils.
Show us some more bones!
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
Re: Bones, Bones, Bones . . . Who Has Some Interesting Fossil Bones?
Nice fossils, Worthy! Always worth another look!
Here's an image I made this evening of some common river fossils:
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
Re: Bones, Bones, Bones . . . Who Has Some Interesting Fossil Bones?
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
Re: Bones, Bones, Bones . . . Who Has Some Interesting Fossil Bones?
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
Re: Bones, Bones, Bones . . . Who Has Some Interesting Fossil Bones?
Here's another:
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
Re: Bones, Bones, Bones . . . Who Has Some Interesting Fossil Bones?
I hope to see someone else's fossil bones here. How 'bout it?
A close-up of the entepicondylar foramen of a small, Early Miocene mustelid
This canal occurs near the distal end of the humeri of many taxa. This is the canal traversed by the median nerve and the brachial artery which is called the entepicondylar foramen (EECF).
An EECF is found neither on the humeri of perissodactyls (horses, tapirs, et al.) nor on the humeri of artiodactyls (antelopes, camels, et al.), nor is it found in lagomorphs (rabbits and such).
The EECF is absent in hyaenids, bears, and canids (including foxes and chihuahuas).
The EECF is present in didelphids (opossums) and in shrews and moles! (Micro-fossil collectors take note.)
The EECF is present in felids, in viverrids (all Old World), in amphicyonids (bear-dogs), and in mustelids (weasels and skunks) and procyonids (raccoons).
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
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