[Bonetools] Bone Identification questions

[Tina Fulton]

Thank you to everyone who helped out on the bones I needed identified.

I found out that the bone points with rings are in fact from a large fish,
and make up part of the fin. Now, which fish is a mystery, since there is
not much left of the bone, and the element is prety common in large fish.

The metapoidals were from two different adult sea otters.

Thanks again for your help.  I don't know what I'd do without all my
international friends with intellect, wisdom and degrees!

-Tina


On 5/10/06, Eva David <eva.david at mae.u-paris10.fr> wrote:
>
> Dear Tina, After a brief look on your pictures, I think that you should
> look wolf/dog foot (looks like metapodial bones here..) for the first
> pictures (long bones) and on fish species (for the other pictures, a series
> of strange bones) as so far this bones looks like spin bone of fishes
> (skate, pike?).
>
>
> Please find below the name and address of our best fish specialist in
> France :
>
>    - *Mme Nathalie DESSE (BERSET)*
>    - *Mél : *berset at cepam.cnrs.fr
>    - *Tél. professionnel : *04 93 95 42 82
>    - *Unité : *UMR6130 Centre d'Etudes Préhistoire, Antiquité,
>    Moyen-Age (CEPAM)<http://web-ast.dsi.cnrs.fr/l3c/owa/structure.frame_infos?p_etat=un&p_lab_sel=UMR6130&annu=ok&p_i=0&p_nbres=0&p_num_lab=0>
>    - *Lieu de travail : *VALBONNE
>    - *Appartenance : *CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
>
> Best regards,
> Eva
>
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>  Le 6 mai 06 ŕ 20:17, Tina Fulton a écrit :
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>  The bones in question are from San Nicolas Island, off the coast of
> Southern California.
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> 1. I have a series of mammal metacarpals/tarsals,
> and  2. what I assume are a collection of distal phalanx tips from
> a mammal (or the phalanx 2 or pollex of an extremely large bird).
>
> Attached are some pictures.  If anyone can identify what species, I would
> much appreciate it.
>
>  I have looked extensively at a comparative collection in an attempt to
> identify the specimens, and have not made a positive match. The
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> Tina Fulton
> Graduate Student in Archaeology
> Department of Anthropology
> California State University, Los Angeles
> 805-527-8349
> TinaMarieFulton at gmail.com
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Tina Fulton
Graduate Student in Archaeology
Department of Anthropology
California State University, Los Angeles
805-527-8349
TinaMarieFulton at gmail.com
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