Actually I slightly modify that - one of the lateral ones could be the
right size but the shape is still different.
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On 21/02/2012 19:03, Katherine M. Moore wrote:
> I'm having trouble with the scale but think you should try ostrich.
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> Good luck!
> Kate Moore
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>> Dear Zooarchers: I've got a real poser of a phalanx and would greatly
>> appreciate help in identifying it. The bone was excavated from a
>> 2nd-century ditch at Roman Vindolanda in Northumbria, England.
>> Measurements are given on two of the views (posted at Bone Commons, see
>> link below).
>>
>> Before appealing to the List, we have extensively compared this bone and
>> are certain that it is not human, although it does fairly strongly
>> resemble a human toe-bone. Neither is it a bear, a big badger, or any
>> type
>> of porpoise, dolphin, seal, or manatee. Neither is it a lion, a big
>> lynx,
>> or a cheetah. It is bird-like in some ways -- particularly in the
>> configuration of the proximal end, with the shallow double facets and
>> the
>> long extensor process, but it is not a swan, eagle, gyrfalcon, large
>> owl,
>> or large vulture.
>>
>> Could it be a tortoise? Never mind that Britain has no native
>> tortoises --
>> perhaps the Romans imported one as a trophy or as "smoked leg of
>> tortoise."
>>
>> Here's the link to see the images -- many thanks for taking a look!
>>
>> http://alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/items/show/1830
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