Microraptorfan Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Hi, I found this reptile vertebra awhile ago at Yaverland on the isle of Wight, any idea what kind of reptile it is from? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Pics are too small and dark. Please take pictures from directly above the item, with a ruler for scale. 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microraptorfan Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Are these any better? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgdls Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 This is a crocodile tail vertebra probably from Goniopholis, see similar specimen from Grange Chine (self collected) below 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 I agree with Paul: the waisted shape of the vertebral body is very typical of crocodilians, with the vertebrae being amphicoelous in marine species and procoelous in more terrestrial ones. Source: Wikipedia 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Agree with others looks Crocodylian. Not sure you can get more specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Well, one thing it's for sure: we can rule out any marine species. Though thalattosuchians would still have been around during deposition of the Wessex Formation, the fact that this is a floodplain environment effectively rules them out. The other stratigraphic units exposed at Yaverland - Vectis and Atherfield Clay - would be too young... 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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