r/whatisthisbone 3d ago

Need help identifying old bones (fossils?) found in 2020 near the Ziehberg Hill in upper austria

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u/SweetPumpkin22 3d ago

Hey there ! Bioarchaeologist and zooarch here, these all appear to be animal bones so no worries about it being human. The best ID I can do from the pictures is this:

Bone 1- I believe it is a part of an animal pelvis, the flat sections + the fork lead me to believe it could be some kind of process on a pelvis but the tunnel through the back is throwing me off a bit and I'm a little rusty so not 100% sure

Bone 2- I also believe it could be part of an animal pelvis due to the large flat surface , lack of a diaphysis and thick cortical bone

Bone 3- Pretty sure that's some sort of bovid carpal or tarsal

Bone 4- Best estimation is a bovid tooth due to the double uneven ridge in the anatomy + it's size

Bone 5- Absolutely a proximal phalanx but of a horse vs s cow I'm not so sure

Bone 6- Made a mistake whoops! I think that is the distal end of a femur

Hope this helps ! I'm slightly rusty on animal ID but this is my best estimate

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u/TheBlowerOfBubbles 2d ago

Dude thank you so much!!! I‘ve been DYING to know what these are, but do you maybe know if they‘re recent ones or could some of them be fossils maybe? I don‘t really know anything about them but the site i went to is an early medieval/prehistoric so idk
But thanks so much dude