HUGE bone NEED HELP IDENTIFYING

[shellyro11]

Any idea what kind of bone this is? It was found in seminole, Florida. Looks like a knee bone or a hip joint? It is 12" wide, by 18" tall by 8" deep. Thanks so much.

 

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[Stringtyer]

It looks like a hip ball joint (located at the top of the femur). If that's the case, that was one big animal.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Welcome. No expert here, but logic would say it's from one of Florida's former residents, like a mammoth, or mastodon, maybe a giant ground sloth. Nice, cumbersome conversation piece. I would display it conspicuously.

 

[A2coins]

That's huge

 

[niffler]

From a whale?

 

[RW]

I guess mastodon.

 

[Clay Diggins]

Shrek

 

[chub]

Shrek

As far as Im aware Shrek is still alive?

Chub

 

[shellyro11]

I'm thinking mastodon, but I don't know how to find out.

 

[Reanm8er]

Welcome Shelly,

This is what's known as Aperitif Ivory, AKA soup bone, LOL!

Find yourself a paleontologist, or a marine biologist and have this thing identified!

Best wishes, and good luck!

 

[SusanMN]

Found this resource in Florida. Link.
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/vertpaleo/amateur-collector/fossil-id


Fossil Identification Services

Personnel of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology of the Florida Museum of Natural History will identify fossils that have been legally collected or purchased.

 

[alabama11]

Is it heavy or light? If heavy, probably a fossil. If not stonelike or mineralized it is modern. I see porous marrow like consistancy. Does it crumble. Great find.