Last week I gave you this mystery bone to have a go at identifying:

It’s clearly a scapula (aka a shoulder blade), and it’s quite large. There were plenty of suggestions, which generally leaned towards a large cervid – such as a Giant Deer.

The general shape isn’t far off, but there are a few details that are different. One is the size – a Red Deer scapula is smaller maybe around 20-23cm long, but Giant Deer scapulas are even bigger than the mystery object.

But also the shape of the scapula spine isn’t quite right, especially the wobble just visible halfway down and at the acromion process, where the scapula spine ends near the articulation with the humerus.

That acromion process also helps us rule out Horse, as Adam Yates pointed out in the comments.

This scapula most closely matches that of a Cow Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758.

So well done to palreyman1414 and katedmondson, who spotted the bovine nature of this bone.