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North Isle of Wight bone


Gully.moy

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I found this a while back near Nodes Point (North Wight). It's hard like glass on the outside so quite sure it's fossilised. It's got an interesting curve to it. Someone suggested it could be turtle and as it happens, I've found turtle shell nearby on a different occasion, but very similar colour. Any ideas?

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Let me offer another option.  The photos/illustration shown below are ribs from the Choristodera clade of Champosaurus from the late cretaceous Hell Creek Formation.   Choristodera species are known from the Paleocene of Europe.   

 

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For comparison,  terrestrial turtle humerus.

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Wow, thanks guys. I've heard that we do get crocodile-like fossils in North Wight, but was going to say that my specimen does look significantly chunkier than the illustrations for Choristodera. I guess other crocodile-like taxa might still be a possibility?

But yes, turtle seems more likely. I'm pleased with that! By the way, would you agree that the shell fragments are turtle? How would I differentiate crocodile or crocodile-like scutes from turtle?

 

Cheers!

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