Hello,
Have you tried a large bird, something like eagle? I had one a few
years ago, that from memory looked similar to yours. I was trying to
find the pictures that I had but so far without success, if I find
them I will let you know.
Best wishes,
Julia
Quoting "Dr. Ana Belén Marín" <[log in to unmask]>:
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> Dear Simon,
> Yes, I´m intriguing too. I have plenty of cave bear in the cave
> apart from other carnivores such as hyena, wolf, fox, panther, so I
> checked all of them but without luck. It looks to be a lynx size or
> similar but I´m not sure which animal. In perspective, the shape is
> very trinagular which doesn´t fit with anything I have around here..
> if it´s not a mammal, what do you think it could be?
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> best wishes,
> Ana
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> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:43:41 +0000
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> Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Phalanx ID
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> Hola Ana,
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> I am intrigued by your phalanx! Sadly I cannot help much. It does
> seem to be from an animal that probably did not need to grasp things
> – look at the distal articulation for example. So I tried Phoca, but
> it is not that. I think you can rule out Ursus, Felids (lion and
> leopard) and hyaena.
> Do you think it is mammal?
> Let me know how you get on,
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> Abrazos
> Simon
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> De: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Em nome de Dr. Ana Belén Marín
> Enviada: terça-feira, 13 de Setembro de 2011 18:21
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> Assunto: [ZOOARCH] Phalanx ID
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> Dear all,
> I´m trying to ID this bone. It is a phalanx that I found in a Middle
> Palaeolithic level in Serbia.
> here is a link to the image:
> http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=1itbmuh590nq0
> Any idea would be very welcome!
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> Best wishes,
> Ana
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> Dr. Ana Belén Marín
> Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies
> University of Cambridge
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Julia Elise Cussans
Division of AGES
University of Bradford
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