Dear Vianney,
This looks like an example of syndactyle to me, where two terminal phalanges have fused. Probably
caprine but it's a little difficult to tell.
Richard
Richard Madgwick
IFA Zooarchaeology Intern
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Dear all,
Here is a curious bone which don't come from any species of the Museum National d''Histoire
Naturelle de Paris ?
http://www.archeozoo.org/fr-article293.html
VIe AD. French Catalunia (Perpignan, Languedoc-Roussillon)
Equids : anormal lateral finger ?
Thanks a lot
Vianney Forest
INRAP (Institut National des Recherches en Archéologie Préventive)
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