Hi Christopher,
like Leif my first impression was Hippopotamus judged by the
morphology. But the size does not fit at all, so I did not believe
myself.
Here are Skull pictures:
http://1kai.dokkyomed.ac.jp/mammal/en/species/
hippopotamus_amphibius.html
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/
Hippopotamus_amphibius.html
http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/tanzania/Species.asp?ID=340
Does it fit???
Yours
Christian
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Am 05.04.2011 um 03:58 schrieb Christopher M. Götz:
> Hello,
> I jsut posted some pictures of a skull (marine mammal?) that was
> found some years ago on a modern trash-dump. It certainly is not
> from the area (northern Yucatan), and we didn't find any match near
> here. Does anyone have a clue what this might be?
> Several images can be seen under http://alexandriaarchive.org/
> bonecommons/items/show/1757
>
> Near the skull, on the same dump, was another specimen, a mammal
> part I guess, whose pictures are under http://alexandriaarchive.org/
> bonecommons/items/show/1758
> Does anyone recognize that?
>
>
> Thank you very much in advance,
> Christopher Götz
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