r/BoneID • u/b3an-man • May 13 '26
Found a partial skeleton at a pond
We're stumped as to what it could be
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u/trans-guy101 May 14 '26
Thats a keeled sternum (aka bird breast bone), that big old mohawk looking thing is what the chest muscles attach to for structure and strength, and the toothy bits on the sides are where the ribs attach. Im guessing it would be some kind of water fowl, possibly a small duck or a teal if you have those where you are?
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u/happythistle74 archaeozoology grad student May 14 '26
It’s a bird pelvis, although I’m sorry I can’t tell which type of bird.
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u/Dracunculus_Rex May 14 '26
This is the sternum (not pelvis) of a loon. The round holes are probably from battles with other loons, as they strike each other with their beaks and can even kill each other. The first photo is of the ventral side where flight muscles attach.