See message below from our paleontologist re: possible places to find this graphic.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth A. Moore, PhD
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From: Dooley, Alton (VMNH)
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 2:44 PM
To: Moore, Elizabeth (VMNH)
Subject: RE: [ZOOARCH] manatee humerus
All I have are some photos of mounted skeletons, not the individual bones (except ribs). These probably don't have the necessary detail of the humerus.
They should try looking at some of the papers by Daryl Domning of Howard University. He has published most of the work on fossil sirenians over the last 20 years or so, and I'm sure some of his papers figure postcranial elements. Some of his papers were published in JVP.
Another possibility is the book "Morphology of the Sirenia" by Hans Kaiser. Unfortunately, this apparently doesn't exist online, but many libraries have copies (including ours).
Butch
Dr. Alton C. Dooley, Jr.
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From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of "Christopher M. Götz"
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 2:18 PM
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] manatee humerus
Hi,
does someone by chance have drawings or photos of an adult manatee (Trichechus) humerus? Side does not matter.
It's still about those bones I posted (at http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/viewtopic.php?t=1094), where the femur apparently is from a seal (many thanks to those of you who helped id that specimens), but the humerus not; the most likely candidate is a manatee, but unfortunately we don't have manatee in our collection either.
Best and thank you in advance,
Chris Götz
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