Dear all,
thank you very much for the quick and accurate comments on those two specimens. I am quite convinced of their id now (juvenile hippo skull and rhino horn base), as some also sent photos - thank you!
Who would have expected to find such things on a trash-dump in the Maya area!
About the context, yes, the most likely scenario of the specimens is that they were dumped by a taxidermist, perhaps after long use. They are thus a nice example of actuotaphonomy, no doubt, but also showed me very drastically how irresponsibly modern trophy hunters impact our environments (if the specimens were not from a zoo, of course).
Best,
Chris
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