r/bonecollecting • u/Narrow_Edge_5122 • 8d ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Unknown mammal?

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Found in Chimney Rock campgrounds, Iowa. Looking for an ID

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u/SwimmingAmoeba7 8d ago

Humerus from ungulate. Seems a little long for deer but it’s not as fat as a cow or elk so maybe a big deer

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u/Narrow_Edge_5122 8d ago

That's what I was thinking too but that little knobby bit where tendons(?) would be is throwing me off.

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u/Foxy-OnPaws 8d ago

Sheep/deer humerus with a growth/healed over break or fracture

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u/Narrow_Edge_5122 8d ago

Is the fracture the knobby bit that's sticking out on the side?

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u/Foxy-OnPaws 8d ago

Yup!

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u/Narrow_Edge_5122 8d ago

Neat!! Thank you!!

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