Peace River, March 5th

[Shellseeker]

A couple of curious finds from yesterday:

 

First: A small osteoderm (33 x 25 mm) from a Glyptodon. The edges look like they have JUST been broken but looks are deceiving. The bottom edge is almost like a knife blade. I am curious on whether others have found/seem similar shape/size/edge and determined the placement of the osterderm on the edge of the shell.

 

Second: What appears to be an Ungual, or toebone. There seems to be muscle/pressure marks similar to other unguals in the the 1st two photos and curious indentations (red lines) on the 3rd photo.

 

All suggestions appreciated.   Jack

 

 

[Harry Pristis]

For comparison:

 

[Shellseeker]

1 hour ago, Harry Pristis said:

For comparison:

Thanks, Harry

I had searched TFF and looked at a number of Ungual requests for ID and saw this excellent picture. I did not have the flat Proximal ? end marked in red on my find and no obvious significant breakage.

Is there variation within the unguals of Hesperotestudo that would allow that difference? 

 

[Family Fun]

Hi Jack, 

 

I hope all is well, seems your burn healed, thankfully.  For the first, I wouldn’t rule out a shovel cutting it off.  I say that with every Meg frag I find, haha, and I found more than a handful this weekend unfortunately.

 

Rick

[Shellseeker]

37 minutes ago, Family Fun said:

 I say that with every Meg frag I find, haha, and I found more than a handful this weekend unfortunately.

What hurts the most is having both pieces of a fossil show up in the sieve. Jack