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Hi, I was going through my shark teeth and found this fossil that looks like a thick puzzle piece. It has thick spongy edges. It's about 1 5/8" in length and 7/8" at widest point. I Found it on a beach, SW Florida Beach. Looking at google images it appears to to a turtle scute. What do you think it is? Thanks, Lynn
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Is there any way to narrow this croc scute down to a species? Or at least narrow it down? also, what kind of shark is this tooth from? these are from the phosphate mines in Khouribga, Morocco.
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Can anyone identify this for me? I would think it was a crocodile scute, except Ive never seen that shape before.
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Large Interesting Bone New Jersey Cretaceous? Scute? Dinosaur? Turtle?
Kurufossils posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello everyone, had a super quick trip to the cretaceous creeks of new jersey and found this particularly interesting large bone fragment, likely it is a chunk of miscellaneous bone material but it reminds me alot of a scute like ankylosaurus or some sort of other bone scute especially the edge, or from maybe something like a large turtle but I am entirely not sure if it's dinosaur, marine reptile, etc or if there is anyway to tell, looks super suspicious to me anyways so if anyone has any ideas I'd definitely love to hear them. (If more pictures are needed I will definitely be able to get some more angles if necessary)
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Hi everyone, I am once again seeking advice from this wonderful community! I am learning a lot from a lot of the resources provided here, so I hope to contribute more in the near future. What I have in question are--- Four scutes found in the brooks of Monmouth county NJ. The first and third (from left to right) appear to be crocodilian, being dimpled on one side and smooth and boney on the other. The second has feature consistent with a ray scute with one smooth side and a ridge on the opposite side. The scute I am most perplexed over is furthest to the right; it is dimpled on one side and possesses a ridge(s) on the other side. Can anyone offer insight into these scutes? Thanks in advance!
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Hi! I came across this the other day at the beach in North Carolina. I've been researching and think possibly a Glyptodon Scute? Thank you!!!!
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Hey everyone. I found these four yesterday. I believe I have a bison tooth, 2 horse teeth and a scute ?
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if anyone can help share some info on the following.this is a cretaceous stream but I'm assuming maybe glacier brought in the coral and any info on it and age and any info on the others...thanks
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More from Sacha's Merritt Island micro matrix...anyone out there know what this is? Thanks much!
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Can anyone help me ID this find? I found it in the North Sulphur River in March of this year. I was guessing some sort of scute or plate? Maybe skin? Thanks!
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is this a real Ankylosaurus scute?
Wowbnjijdat posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi guys, I was wondering if this is a real Ankylosaurus scute/ plate? It comes from hell creek formation, South-Dakota, Buffelo, USA
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Item 1: This has been suggested to be dire wolf or cat. Can we get more specific?
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I've been seeing a few of these fossils on an auction site. They are all saying that they are part of the skull, probably the top. Is this true?
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Went out today. Not much time, going out tomorrow.. Today was cold in the morning 50s and 15mph winds, but then bright sun about 70 in the afternoon. Lovely day. Went to a spot previously dug heavily. Found fewer fossils than normal, but a tooth with roots from an old horse and some excellent duskys, and this. What is this? Extra credit. Is this tooth a Dusky shark?
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I have a request and hopefully TFF experts can pay it off...In my email today, I friend , who would like to be a fossil hunter, asked So , if I picked this up in the Peace River , Florida , I would say that this is a foot pad, and one odd looking fossil at that....Interested in whether any TFF members have been to Big Brook, NJ and saw anything that resembles this one. Thanks Jack
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This little bit ( about an inch) came from Brownies beach, MD (Calvert FM, zone 4?) where bone is extremely common. This one caught my eye, because it reminds me of a Glyptotherium scute I have (from Florida). Not saying that’s what it is, just wondering if it could be a scute of some sort (also I believe Glyptotherium is a Pleistocene animal). I have found terrestrial fossils there before (well two, a possum tooth and some jet). So is it a regular ol’ chunko or a scute of some sort, and if so what? Next to glypto scute
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Looking for fossils in the Collinsville OK area and found this. At first I was thinking something like an armadillo scute but now am not so sure. Could it be a piece of some type of fish crush plate? I believe the area is part of the Oologah formation.
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Hi all! Its been a while.... I'm thinking this is a scute of some kind but heck if I know what from. I've looked through the dozen + reference books I have and looked online for all the animals that might be from this location that may have a dermal scute. It does have bore holes that are not part of the original fossil. It is 2"x2.5"x0.75". I found it at Green Mill Run in NC yesterday. Thanks in advance ~ Joyce
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This osteoderm was in a box of Bull Canyon Formation (Triassic - Norian) coprolites that I have been going through for the past year. The fun thing is, I one of the coprolites in this batch appears to have osteoderm inclusions that look very similar. I have looked at well over a thousand coprolites from this formation, and this is the first time I have found inclusions such as these. Needless to say, I am super, super excited!!!! Best I can figure it is from an aetosaur or phytosaur, neither of which are familiar to me. I did send an email to the person that found them to see if she is able to identify it, but thought I would throw it out to the forum at the same time. Any assistance you provide would be greatly appreciated. @Carl check it out!
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Trying to finish up labeling of my kids' finds from the summer. This is one my daughter pulled out of the wall of a dig in the Hell Creek Formation. She had been finding a lot of croc scutes, but this one doesn't have those tell-tale "indentations" - it looks flat/smooth on both sides, but it is about the same size & thickness of her other scute finds (like the one on the right). But is it just a piece of unidentifiable bone?
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Hey everyone, I was out hiking in southern Alberta when i discovered this guy. I thought it could possibly be a scute? Maybe from an ankylosaur? The reason why i think it could be a scute is necause of the ridge in the centre. Any help with identification would be appreciated!
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I dug this heavy little piece and several other nice bones out of a dark orange clay bank (modeling clay). I think that is why this piece and the other bones is well preserved? This piece is 1.75 and .25 thick, the back is concave. It weighs 16g. Is this a Chunk-o-saurus or maybe a Dermal armor with skin? Or... should I just ask, does anyone know exactly what this is? Thanks y'all....
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is this a croc scute? top and bottom are pictured
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Hi everyone, i found the following while sifting in a creek off the Peace River near Bowling green. I thought at the time it was a leg spur from a land tortoise (as I'd found a few that day) but the hexagonal shape has made me think it might be an armadillo scute (such as Holmesina floridanus). Any thoughts? Tom
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Crocodile and turtle fragments from Jurassic of Lithuania
D.N.FossilmanLithuania posted a topic in Fossil ID
Dear Guys, I am young fossil explorer from Lithuania, Baltic States. There are some Jurassic and Cretaceous erratics in my area, where should be possible to find some reptile remains. I think this type of rock is very common in Devonian but when I showed one fragment to scientific doctor in Vilnius University he said that similar rocks can be found even to Cretaceous. The tooth is quite uncommon in the majority of bony fishes because of its appearance, I think. It is more characteristic to crocodiles or other reptiles. The length of the tooth is 8 mm. The turtle scutes in my opinion are too big to placoderms like Asterolepis or Bothriolepis, and they are also very thick. There are three fragments of them, the largest is 2,5 cm in length and 4 mm thickness, the second is 2,1 cm in length and 3 mm thickness, and the third- 1,6 cm in length and ~2,5 mm thickness. Please help me to confirm these ideas if you can. Best Regards, Domas
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