Peace River Puzzle

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When I was back out on the Peace River Friday I was pulling up a lot of small shark teeth and miscellaneous pieces of bone.  At pone point I looked into the sifter and spotted what looked like a piece of a giant armadillo scute.  I was disappointed because it was a small piece, but clearly a scute. I had retrieved a couple of whole ones in the same spot on previous visits.  Just as I was about to toss it back I spotted another small piece in the sifter.  I decided to hang onto both and as I cleared the sifter I found three more pieces for a total of five.  At that point I was not even sure the pieces were all from the same scute but figured I could try and fit the pieces together at some point.  Today was my first chance to do so.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that all the pieces were from the same source and fit together nicely.  My only regret is that I missed one small piece.

Here is the rebuilt specimen:

 

 

 

The blue ruler is millimeters and the pink inches.

 

The reverse side where the individual pieces can be easily seen:

 

 

 

Looks like the summer rains may hold off long enough for me get back out there later this week!

[Fossildude19]

Nice puzzle. Thanks for posting it!  

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Thank you for your response Fossildude and thanks to those who gave it a thumbs up.