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Re: what is this...try 2

Posted by jpc ( 137.84.64.XXX ) on August 19, 2006 at 09:56:06:
In Reply to: Re: what is this...try 2 posted by George on August 14, 2006 at 07:22:28:
Yes, indeed... this is the tibiotarsus of a turkey or other galliforme bird... i.e. the chicken family. The sticky out part is the spur, which I think is only found on males,a nd is the part the rosster fighting types really like... speaking of sick sports....
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: : I found this bone along the banks of the illinois river in peoria illinois. It looks like some kind of leg bone to me with a spur coming out of it. I am completely stumped. Pleistocene???
: To me it looks like a leg bone of a gallinaceous bird (turkeys and their kin). It is an interesting specimen.

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Type Message here:	: Yes, indeed... this is the tibiotarsus of a turkey or other galliforme bird... i.e. the chicken family. The sticky out part is the spur, which I think is only found on males,a nd is the part the rosster fighting types really like... speaking of sick sports.... : jpc : : : I found this bone along the banks of the illinois river in peoria illinois. It looks like some kind of leg bone to me with a spur coming out of it. I am completely stumped. Pleistocene??? : : To me it looks like a leg bone of a gallinaceous bird (turkeys and their kin). It is an interesting specimen.
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