Track to puzzle over

[Phil Coffins]

I was shown this track and have heard two ideas of what it is, I have a third. It’s in sandstone of Wyoming with some other tracks. I won’t say what I think at this point as to not cloud the issue. Maybe the answer can be found by talking with some collage types.
IMG_0965 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

 

[Jim K]

At first I thought mountain lion but you can see toe nail marks faintly. So my guess is wolf.

 

[Old Hawkeye]

Smilodon. Also known as the Saber Tooth Tiger!

 

[deermanok]

Squatch.

 

[JeffG]

see below

 

[Rod Man]

I vote Sabertooth.

 

[Phil Coffins]

There’s one of these and a few two toed hoof prints going the same direction.

 

[Phil Coffins]

By the way bear tracks have five toes.

 

[bang]

Looks like jaguar. Hard to tell the little things from a single pic.

 

[William Lincoln]

Whatever it is, get out of there after dark before the "DillyBuggers" return!

 

[akroguy]

Chupacabra

 

[The Crisco Kid]

It looks too big for any modern predator in N America. It is prehistoric since it's in sandstone. I'd vote for a saber tooth cat tracking a 3 toed sloth? These are just wild guesses.

 

[cynthialee]

looks more cat than anything else

did sabertooth have retractable claws? if not then that is my take. If they did have retractable claws then I am at a loss.

 

[appalichian hunter]

I vote for the kitty with the can opener teeth.

 

[chorizo]

And the answer is? Sabertooth. See below:

https://www.earthtouchnews.com/disc...uge-sabertooth-cat-tracks-found-in-argentina/

 

[russellshaffer]

Watch the video. In Spanish but it's good.

 

[chorizo]

Watch the video. In Spanish but it's good.

Ya lo hice

 

[Phil Coffins]

Good link! BUT notice how the track I posted is more open and you can draw an X between the toes and the pad. The one in the link is rounder and that X can’t be drawn. This is one way to tell the difference between a canine and a feline. The Wyoming track matches a canine in that respect. Reading about the extinct Dire wolf indicates that they were about or only a tiny bit larger then our current gray wolf. This track is twice as large of the wolf tracks I saw in Alaska. Still a puzzle to me as I have no formal training in such matters. In North America there were at least three types of Smilodon, the largest one is smaller then the one that made the South American track. But still the toes aren’t right.

 

[William Sublette]

I was shown this track and have heard two ideas of what it is, I have a third. It’s in sandstone of Wyoming with some other tracks. I won’t say what I think at this point as to not cloud the issue. Maybe the answer can be found by talking with some collage types.
IMG_0965 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

It's too perfect.

Something is off here.

 

[chorizo]

It's too perfect.

Something is off here.

william, you aren't by chance a former Marine Aviator?