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Image of the Day — Radius-ulna of Gigantocamelus

Posted: Tuesday, February 20, 2024

photograph
by: Daniel Koning
© 2021 New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources

Longitude: -106.987688791
Latitude: 33.701833646
  (WGS 84 or NAD 83)

About this image

Radius-ulna (forearm) bone of an extinct camel is called Gigantocamelus. It was the size of a modern-day giraffe, with a long neck but having shorter, more robust legs. The fossil was found in 2021 in the San Marcial basin south of Socorro, NM.

For more information see our "Postcard from the Field" about this find.

Image posted: 02-14-2022