PaleoNoel Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Here's an interesting fossil I found from the summer which I am just getting around to posting. I believe it's a piece of turtle beak based on its shape and the numerous holes which I believe are part of the vascular structure of the beak, rather than just the standard cancellous tissue of bone. Here's a modern one I found online for comparison. And one from a marine turtle on the Oceans of Kansas website. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 It might be, but I would need better photos to say anything more than 'might'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 Just now, jpc said: It might be, but I would need better photos to say anything more than 'might'. Thanks, the photos were a bit blurrier than I thought. I'll get some more tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Here are a couple of pictures of one of my turtle beaks from the HC. It does not compare well. My other beaks have a similar bone structure. I compared it to my Champsosaur jaw and again it was very similar to that of the turtle beaks. The best comparative one came with some of my Croc jaws that had a very vascular bone structure. Yours might be the back end of one 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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