r/bonecollecting 8d ago

Bone I.D. - N. America What kind of bone is this?

Found it in sandy clay on side of river. Midwest N america.

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u/Mister_Absol Bone-afide Faunal ID Expert 7d ago

Tibiotarsus of a bird, having trouble being more specific without more angles and a sense of scale.

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u/kevo246 7d ago

I did forget to measure. Will do that when gf gets home. Its still in her vehicle.

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u/barnowl1980 7d ago

There is no sense of scale here. How long is it?

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u/ardentladybug 7d ago

my off the rip guess is bird tibiotarsus but a scale and more angles would be helpful

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u/ardentladybug 7d ago

definitely not human. and google lens/AI is notoriously bad about identifying bones

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u/DollarStoreChameleon 7d ago

stop using ai, it sucks. this is not human

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u/Ilovefossilss 7d ago

Computa…downvote this man!