croc scutes

[LA fossils 3]

pretty sure these are from a crocodile. does anyone have a 2nd opinion? 

[dhiggi 299]

Could be ordinary rocks with some kind of bore holes though. They seem to lack the shape and features that you normally see of croc scutes

[Brett Breakin' Rocks 1,628]

24 minutes ago, LA fossils said:

pretty sure these are from a crocodile. does anyone have a 2nd opinion? 

Has a similar pattern but this looks geological in origin. Not an alligator osteoderm.

 

Cheers,

Brett

[Rockwood 3,326]

Could be pholad borings. They would all have openings to the exterior that only narrowed slightly to the outside of each hole if at all.

[LordTrilobite 3,838]

Definitely not from a croc.

[Fossildude19 14,852]

Not a scute. 

Looks similar to predator bored shell material, so pholad boring's seems likely.

[jpc 4,125]

2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Not a scute. 

Looks similar to predator bored shell material, so pholad boring's seems likely.

I agree 100%.  Look at croc scutes online.  

[LA fossils 3]

On 11/26/2020 at 5:14 PM, jpc said:

I agree 100%.  Look at croc scutes online.  

clam holes will never touch

[MarcoSr 3,153]

Below are pictures of a croc scute and a piece of a croc jaw from the Miocene of Virginia.  Your specimen is 100% not a croc scute.

 

 

 

 

 

Marco Sr.

[Fossildude19 14,852]

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