Found in Comal County, Texas today by the Guadalupe River

[u/sapphire3068]

Hey everyone, I found this bone today by the Guadalupe River in Comal County, Texas (Spring Branch to be specific). I’d estimate the length around ~7ish inches. Can anyone help ID what the animal might be? I’m wondering if it could have been an animal that died in the big July flood. Thanks!

[u/Admirable_Grocery_23]

Piece of a rib

[u/Appropriate-Mud-6436]

I'm not an expert but it looks like a rib like the other comment said, maybe from a feral hog? It looks too thick for a coyote or deer but I could be wrong. The porosity at one end could mean it was still growing, so maybe a juvenile? If the animal died during the July flood, the bone could've definitely been carried by the current, scraped by debris and picked up that chalky grey look it has by being left to soak in the mineral-heavy water. I read that bones exposed to that kind of water can show surface changes like that from mineral leaching and abrasion. That was a month or two ago and the timing seems to line up, so it might be from the flood? Just a guess though, I could be wrong