gturner333 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I have two of what I think may be pieces of skull bone. They come from Hell Creek formation in Montana. Am I right? If so, any idea what the skull is from? The scale is mm. I also have some bone chunks from the same place, but will do it in another post due to file size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Looks fishy, to me. 1 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...
Al Dente Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I think they are turtle bone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) The specimen on the left is part of an Amiid skull (for your reference, Melvius chauliodous is an Upper Cretaceous species from New Mexico)...the other is turtle. EDIT: this portion of the skull is the dermopterotic. Edited June 19, 2017 by PFOOLEY 5 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Agreed turtle and amiid skull M. thomasi is described from HC formation 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhammad Usman Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 the texture on the left specimen of 3rd pic looks like a turtle shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 For your reference (from Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico). FIGURE 3. Melvius chauliodous (SMP VP-1485). A, right dentary (medial view); B, right cleithrum (lateral view); C, partial skull (in matrix); D, left dermopterotic (dorsal view); and E, centrum (posterior view). Scale bars A, B, C = 10 cm; D and E = 1 cm 1 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gturner333 Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Thanks. "D" looks like a good match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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