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Large crocodile osteoderms?


Daze

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These are sold as Elosuchus osteoderms from the Kem Kem, Morocco. I have seen a lot of crocodile osteoderms, but never this huge. Can they really get this big and are these actually osteoderms or are these parts of the crocodile skull? 

 

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Length: 21.1 cm (8.31") 
Width: 7.6 cm (2.99") 

 

 

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Length: 17.5 cm (6.89") 
Width: 9.2 cm (3.62") 

 

 

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Those are osteoderms.   Elosuchus is the largest in the KK that is currently described

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