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Alberta Dinosaur Bone ID

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2.5cm x 2.5cm x 1.5cm

 

Is it a skull? I am guessing the holes on the underside (right picture) will help determine what it is

 

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PFOOLEY Regular Member

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Interesting find...looks like skull material. It might be a parietal from a turtle.

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"I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"  ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) 

 

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dinosaur man Regular Member

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Do you have the Formation, that will help a lot with identifying it. Alberta has many Formations so this will help narrow it down. I’m thinking turtle not dinosaur. Cool find!!

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19 minutes ago, dingo2 said:

I don't have the formation unfortunately. I found this when I was a wee lad.

Ahh, ok, In that case it can only be narrowed down to turtle.

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15 minutes ago, dingo2 said:

What part of a turtle do you think it is?

I would agree with PFOOLEY with saying it’s a turtle parietal.

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1 hour ago, dinosaur man said:

I would agree with PFOOLEY with saying it’s a turtle parietal.

Thanks a lot! This image pretty much confirmed your assessment for me

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Nice bone, actually looks like a frontal based on that last image...nevertheless its turtle.  Locality not important since its pretty hard to ID bones 

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