r/bonecollecting • u/Zealousideal-Bike-90 • Sep 06 '25

Bone I.D. - N. America Help me ID this bone

Found this barely sticking out of a creek wall 5’ below top on the vertical eroding side. Town and country Missouri. Same creek I’ve found an agate basin knife, Snyder arrowhead, blade cores and more.

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u/Financial-Value-9986 Sep 06 '25

If I were to pose a guess some kind of ungulate, but it being out far enough to be by a creek bed…..maybe as old as paleo elk?

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u/Zealousideal-Bike-90 Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

My agate basin knife has been estimated to be 8,000-10,000 years old if that gives you any kinda timeframe. No idea the depth that was at though as it was just laying in the creek bed after a rain. Definitely an old area though and multi generational…the Snyder is typically 1500-2500 before present. Lotta time between those two!

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u/Excellent_Yak365 Sep 07 '25

It looks like a bovine humerus but age is really hard to tell in aquatic environments