1 The Metatarsal on the left is huge.
2 It belonged to a Bos that was at least 1.600 mm withers hight
3 It measures 72 mm widest, 37 mm thickest, and looks to have been between 270 - 300 mm long .
4 The bone wall is thicker than any long bone ive ever found averaging 15mm thick.
This bone is impressive in lengh and robustness, and matches some of the largest Auroch and Bison priscus metacarpals ive viewed, yet i have noticed that there is so much disagreement between different researchers both in the past and present, that i personally believe only carbon dating or excavations showing that there was no probability of a settled human contact, can determine whether ancient fossil bovine bones are from totally wild free animals, and not interfered with by early humans
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4 - The bone at first looked fragile, but after a wash and rub i found it to be heavy and hard, also it has the usual very high shine.
5 The bone is part of the distal end of an as yet unknown scapula.
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8 - These two rib pieces were excavated close to the scapula piece, again they have the high shine.
9 - This up to date view shows the gravel bed and the undisturbed deposits above.
10 - This image shows the gravel bed outlined in yellow, and the red - brown plastic clay below outlined in red.
11 - This image shows the gravel bed outlined in red, then two suspended gravel pockets outlined in yellow in the stoneless sandy deposit above, then the stoneless alluvium above the black outline.
