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Fused carnivore toe. Florida Museum photo by Rachel Narducci.
Fused carnivore toe. Florida Museum photo by Rachel Narducci.

On January 28th, Victoria Arico discovered this fused carnivore toe while digging at Montbrook. Turns out it belongs to a canid (dog-relative) and may even belong to our ‘bone-crushing hyena dog’, Borophagus hilli.  It’s the claw and middle part of the toe, fused together. These two separate bones usually break apart before being buried. This is a very rare find!

Victoria Arico’s fused carnivore toe.
January 28th, 2017. Victoria Arico’s fused carnivore toe. Florida Museum photo by Jonathan Bloch.