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Strange marks on fossilized bone


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So my some found this piece of fossilized bone. Now to me this looks off a little bit, but I’m not sure so I figured I’d ask. This bone has what appear to be small cut marks on it. Any feedback would help. Thank you.3BCC6FA8-C593-4780-87CD-DE69EF7CC7F5.thumb.jpeg.8c4d1123bedaf7cc6fb0578d499d576d.jpeg 

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I'm not qualified to give the final word, but I can see this representing a shark bitten turtle.

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If you are referring to the three parallel incisions on the specimen that are visible on the right-hand side in the photo, then I agree that those might be predation marks or scavenger marks. I'm not a professional, so take that with a grain of salt.

 

Some marks on bones and scutes could be just random damage from a number of sources other than predators, but when you see parallel, evenly-spaced markings like that, then there is a good chance those are from teeth.

 

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