Whos bone is it?Update!

[pinkysbliss]

Thank you old dog for the information, I did look that museum up and did not find Mr. Reynolds, So I e-mailed photos and questions to the present Paleontologist there. He says Mr. Reynolds resigned nearly a decade ago . But Mr. Scott did let me know what the bone is. It is a toe bone from a young Genus Equus (horse) from one of two time periods Pliocene Epoch 5 million years to 1.8 million years or Pleistocene Epoch 1.8 million years to 11,000 million years. Its still exciting and now I can let the guy know who found it.

Again thank you so much for your help, this is a great web site!

"TR"






Well heres another one for you...This item came from California, guy was drilling water wells with a company out there. The drill at hit clay and just after at 167 FT jammed, when the drill was brought back up and cleaned this bone came from the bottom of the drill head. I have try to speak to a paleontologist at UW in Washington, but seems we are playing tag mostly. So I thought I would put it on here in hopes that I may find a better respons.

Thank you in advance for any info!

"TR"

 

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[Old Dog]

Re: Whos bone is it?

If you are in California now , there was a guy in San Bernardino ant the Museum of Natural History ad Redlands CA. His name is Robert Reynolds, "Bob" would help you out if he is still there.

Good luck
OD

 

[pinkysbliss]

Re: Whos bone is it?

hehe..wish i was, better weather...But Im in Washington state and so is the bone..BUT I bett I can e-mail photos to him..Thank you...



"TR"

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Re: Whos bone is it?

Sabertooth

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: Whos bone is it?

Can a guy be certain the bone actually came from that depth and was not picked up as the drill was pulled out?

Just wonderin'.

 

[pinkysbliss]

Re: Whos bone is it?

I said the same thing.. his reply is that when they where cleaning it the bone fell off the bottom of the drill. Not that I know anything about drilling in the ground, but I would think that the base of the drill would not collect more dirt while exiting. And if it was nabbed by the drill early on would it not be pushed away from the drill as it went deeper? or would it stay on the drill due to build up?
Had I been the one to find that bone I would have seen some one about it as soon as I could have not waited no telling how long before I brought it out.

 

[torez]

Re: Whos bone is it?

Horse




torez

 

[torez]

Re: Whos bone is it?

http://www.ultimatehorsesite.com/info/hoof.html
Sorry I forgot the url
Just guessing.


torez

 

[Old Dog]

Re: Whos bone is it?

I will bet that it is either Horse or Camel.

The clay that was drilled for is a prevalent formation and most of the bones from that layer are of that sort. There are some good predator bones though from that era, could be sabre tooth? A good guess.

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: Whos bone is it?

In the Bad Lands of South Dakota a guy can find fossilised and petrified sabertooth bits and parts and poop on top of the ground.

My detecting buddy Wingman Tony has a bunch of these...

ANyway - good luck figuring out what kind of bone that is...

 

[Old Dog]

BTW Welcome to Tnet.

Glad I could help.

Sorry to hear my old friend has retired.
A very good man
Pretty neat how he used to think outside the box.

OD