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Sometime last week I went to a creek in Southeast Alabama to find shark teeth. I got thirty nine teeth and what I believe is a partial glyptodon scute. I believe that the majority are sandtiger teeth (but from YouTube and online images could be goblin) and a few mackerel shark teeth. I also got my first tiger shark tooth from this site. I was hoping someone here could help identify the scute and supposed sandtiger teeth.
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I've had some free time this weekend, so I decided to mix things up and try hunting the Brazos instead of the usual cretaceous formations around Austin and DFW. The Pleistocene period is something I've always been fascinated by (probably due to the Ice Age movies), so the long drive wasn't enough to dissuade me. The weather was just right which made a day by the river all the better. This being my first time at the Brazos, I was a bit unfamiliar with the geography/prime hunting locations. I settled on parking by a bridge and decided to spend my day checking out both sides of the river. Navigating my way to the water was more treacherous than I was expecting and I wound up having a close encounter with a black snake that may have been a cottonmouth. The sandbars were unfortunately mostly sand. However, dotted about here and there were patches of gravel. Most of my day I saw footprints all around me so I knew I was definitely not the first person to have hit up the spot. The first 4/5 of the day was a bit slow. I found the occasional piece of bone or turtle, but nothing too exciting. Only until the final hour of daylight did I reach a distant area of the sandbar (about a mile from my car) that began yielding some cool specimens. I didn't get a chance to study them closely until I was home because things got dark very quickly! Being alone at the dark river gave off spooky vibes so I ran a good portion of the distance back (with my fossils in pocket which was a bad idea). Thankfully, I made it back without any major disasters and I've since had some time to rest and take a closer look at my finds. Below are pictures of my most interesting finds that I would like to learn more about. All in all, I'd say the trip was a unique experience and worth the time! Overview of my favorite finds: ' Each item and some closeups: A: Definitely a horse tooth. Parts of it are missing. It may just be wishful thinking, but I think it could be from a three-toed horse? There are Miocene and Pliocene deposits upriver so I suppose it's a possibility. B: A couple of my favorite turtle shell fragments from the many I picked up. Unfortunately that small crack on the flat piece caused it to break in half right after I snapped my pics. Guess that happened because I ran with it in my pocket... oops. C: Looks like an old bison tooth to me. D: Not sure what this is. Could it be mammoth enamel? E: I think it's a scute possibly from an alligator. F: Looks to be a part of a tooth. Bovid would be my guess. I: This one is the strangest of the bunch in my opinion. Looks like tooth material, but it's hard to say. In the first closeup, I notice that there are bands run across the piece in a consistent pattern. Let me know if they are any closeups you would like for me to upload! Thanks for reading.
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Hello again! I found this bone in the Boulonnais, North of France, late Jurrassic sediments. I think it's a crocodile scute (like steneosaurus) but with some doubt because it looks a bit different. It's also slightly curved and about 3 x 3 cm. Regards, Niels
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This is a large scale or scute from the Yorktown formation in North Carolina. The pattern Is familiar as a reptile scute but the shape and thickness of the specimen isn’t present in any of my other scutes. It tapers to a diamond point and is less than a centimeter thick. The top face is flaky and covered in old barnacle holds. Another neat mystery I’m trying to clear up! (Edit: It’s a sturgeon scute) Frank
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Myrtle Beach, January, 2022 I'm thinking this might be some kind of scute. I haven't much experience in picking these up. Saw a picture of a gar scute that reminded me of this. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Hello together, I am looking for a nice Glyptodon scute, preferably in europe, because shipping costs are what keeps me from getting one from the US. Open for suggestions concerning trade (Fossils , selfmade models) Best Regards, J
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Triassic scute, shell or paper weight? Found roadside with mixed road stones in NJ midway between Flemington and Lambertville Rt 202. This is part of the Newark supergroup sedimentary rock deposited during the Triassic period. I can't put this down because it feels biological not geological. All help greatly appreciated. My first post.
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Hopefully these photos are clear enough. If it can’t be identified further than “scute” thats fine, but I’m curious.
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Inland Venice,FL. Pleistocene material. Removing matrix from specimen that I thought was Equus jaw. Several confirmed teeth from this 2’ x 2’ square. During removal, I found this. Before I continue removing matrix, looking for identification of this osteoderm. I have also found (jet black) alligator jaw piece approximately 10’ feet away. Thanks in advance. I am also looking for feedback on whether to continue removing matrix or display fossils in matrix.
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Possible Cretaceous Osteoderms Found In Central Alberta Badlands. Please Help ID
Backcountryhiker posted a topic in Fossil ID
While hiking in the Central Alberta Badlands Near Toleman in Red Deer River Valley came across two pieces of fossilized matter that looked very different than most of the bone fragments I have encountered while on similar outings. If I was to take a wild & uneducated guess I would say they look like they could be osteoderms? Any help to ID these strange pieces would be greatly appreciated. Thank you In advance..thumb.jpg.5cc4882b159d8b5df1a09ecf02ccabb8.jpg)
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Hi! a beginner here, found what I think is a scute. Would love to narrow down what kind of creature it might be from. I found it in the hills west of Medicine Hat near the red deer river (the same formation as dinosaur provincial park, but outside the boundary). thanks Rachel
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Help needed ! I prepped part of this bone with the highest difficulties because of a thin crust of iron sticking to the fossil. It comes from continental cretaceous of South of France. Before going further I would like to identify it to assess if it is worth the trouble . I hesitate between a Nodosauridae scute and simply a... turtle scute. I took pictures of the top (under the thin remaining matrix it is all bone), sides and bottom (which is totally unprepped and may never be, just note it is flat)
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When I was back out on the Peace River Friday I was pulling up a lot of small shark teeth and miscellaneous pieces of bone. At pone point I looked into the sifter and spotted what looked like a piece of a giant armadillo scute. I was disappointed because it was a small piece, but clearly a scute. I had retrieved a couple of whole ones in the same spot on previous visits. Just as I was about to toss it back I spotted another small piece in the sifter. I decided to hang onto both and as I cleared the sifter I found three more pieces for a total of five. At that point I was not even sure the pieces were all from the same scute but figured I could try and fit the pieces together at some point. Today was my first chance to do so. I was pleasantly surprised to find that all the pieces were from the same source and fit together nicely. My only regret is that I missed one small piece. Here is the rebuilt specimen: The blue ruler is millimeters and the pink inches. The reverse side where the individual pieces can be easily seen: Looks like the summer rains may hold off long enough for me get back out there later this week!
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Every now and then something weird shows up in my sifter. Look at this cute little guy. Hexagonal shape with a faint raised area in the middle. Texture, shape, thickness all seem right for a giant armadillo, but the size is tiny. I've never seen one this small. Can someone confirm or deny this? Could this be from a baby/juvenile? Could it be a baby glyptodont. I'm stumped.
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Hi, I saw this for sale and figured it'd be nice to display alongside my Kem Kem Sauropod teeth. But is it actually a dermal scute as described? I see a few others of these sold as sauropod scutes, but it just be a case of misidentification, so figured it best to check here. It is from Kem Kem. Sellers description says these are sold as scutes but that he hasn't seen any scientific papers describing them as such, so the ID could be wrong. Thanks
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Can someone help me ID this please? Found in Alafia river
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Hey Everyone, Had a decent day out at NSR. Not as good as one person who found 18 verts, 2 arrow heads, and more. Found NSR, Delta County, TX I am thinking this might be a turtle scute but i am still earning. Any thoughts appreciated.
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Looking for an ID on this scute. Found in the Dinosaur Park formation. Length is 3 inches.
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Hello, I found this piece 2 weeks ago on the beach of Breskens in Zeeland. I don’t know what it is and there were not several options. I get stuck with this piece of bone. I hope that someone know what it is! The sizes are in cm.
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Fun trip to the North Sulphur River Texas. I really like the giant coprolite and Holmesina armadillo scute. @GeschWhat
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Beautiful weather forecast and Green Mill Run is low enough to hunt. Even knowing I rarely find much worth displaying, sometimes you just need a day in the field so I coerce cajole one of my housemates to take the morning and have a little adventure. Even with every intention to only use the screen with the larger size mesh, nevertheless within the first dozen shovels we are using the smaller mesh. I suppose if we are ever really serious about leaving behind the little fossils, we will have to leave behind the small mesh screen! But that is hard to do when we find such little gems as shown in the photos. 1) Lovely little ray scute – first find of the day. Overjoyed! 2) Sturgeon scute – not something we’ve found here before 3) Great white teeth – it is just so great to find one, let alone 2 (the root on the smaller one would have been rather robust) 4) Coprolite – we always enjoy finding these and presume they are largely from the cretaceous Peedee 5) Squalicorax … a kaupi, a bassani and an unidentified one with damage removing diagnostic feature 6) Galeocerdo cuvier, so we know we have some pliocene Yorktown 7) WHAT? See closer photos. They are both regularly serrated though worn. One has a nutrient groove so thinking carcharhinus. The other ... if it was big, it would be a meg (still learning how to get decent photos of small fossils!) 8) Belemnitella Americana 9) This is either a fish tooth or a phosphate pebble that has chipped in a perfectly round circle to resemble a root 10 Rhombodus sp (too worn to speciate) 11) Tiny little shark vert! 12) Turtle shell, various species And now, I can go place a bid for Sacha’s agatized corals!
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From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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This carnivore coprolite was found in the Bull Canyon Formation (Upper Triassic - Norian), Quay County, New Mexico. It contains numerous fine, boney inclusions (white). There also appears to be a small jaw inclusion that has a shape similar to amphibians. Originally, I couldn't figure out why there would be so many finely crushed bones. It is not something I usually see. When bone fragments are present, they are usually larger. That said, fibrous osteoderms are also found in the same area. I have included an image of a fairly large one. They are made up of fine, boney fibers that have a configuration similar to woven fiberglass. So here is what I am wondering: 1. Could the fine bone fragments be the indigested remains of these boney osteoderms? Perhaps from juveniles? I do have some small fragments (somewhere), so I could dissolve them to see how they fall apart. 2. Does anyone know what type of animal had these fibrous plates? All I could find is information on osteoderms from phytosaurs and aetosaurs. Neither of those appear to be fibrous. I have found osteoderm fragments of that type in coprolites, but they look nothing like this. I know some of the Triassic amphibian-like tetrapods had osteoderms, but I haven't been able to find information on these. Since the shape of the jaw in the coprolite has a similar shape to those animals, I'm thinking they may have had this type of osteoderm. Of course more than one type of prey may have been on the menu. Osteoderm Magnified Osteoderm I've been away from the forum for a while, so I'm hoping there are new folks out there that specialize in Triassic critters. As always, thanks for looking! @Carl @MarcoSr
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I found this rock on Ocean Beach in San Francisco. I have In the same area over the past few weeks recovered several fragments of Sand Dollar fossils probably about two million years old, according to a local geology/oceanology professor who recognized them right away. I am wondering if this rock might be a turtle scute as I have seen similar looking samples online that were Holocene turtle scutes. The sand dollars were the first fossils I’ve ever found outside of fossilized clams so I have no problem if this is just a rock. Many thanks in advance for the expert guidance and help.
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From the album: South Sulphur River Texas
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