Jazfossilator Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Found Myrtle beach South Carolina. Cretaceous, Pliocene, and Pleistocene material can be found. looks like typical bone to me on the porous side, the other side is odd though. I’ve never seen turtle shell like this either, any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 This is strange stuff, just like that other thing you posted. Somehow the bone texture just looks wrong. I wonder if it could be wierd slag or something of the sort. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Glyptodon ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Please include a ruler or the like for scale. Size might help in ID process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I’m thinking glyptodon also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, garyc said: I’m thinking glyptodon also. Not saying it’s wrong, but aren’t there typically ridges? “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 2 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: Not saying it’s wrong, but aren’t there typically ridges? Apologies, I was looking on my phone and thought this piece looked like the very center of a rosette. I now think it does not look like glyptodon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 7 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: Not saying it’s wrong, but aren’t there typically ridges? Typically buys squat with me when it comes to a worn one of these. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I'm not at all sure, but something like this might be worth consideration as a starting point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazfossilator Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 15 hours ago, caldigger said: Please include a ruler or the like for scale. Size might help in ID process. Couldn’t find my straight edge ruler, hope this helps. 1 hour ago, Rockwood said: I'm not at all sure, but something like this might be worth consideration as a starting point. Could it be just a really worn piece of glyptodon that isn’t part of the ridging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 One side (dorsal) may be close to the compared specimen posted by Rockwood, but the other side doesn't illustrate the expected pattern. Also, I didn't recognize a radiating pattern in the specimen in question. I'm wondering if couldn't be something in the realm of Entobia. 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 5 hours ago, abyssunder said: the other side doesn't illustrate the expected pattern. My thought was that the exposed center is cancelous bone. Note the apparently plentiful vessel openings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Here is a side view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 One of my quarrels with it being a worn glyptodont is that if it were worn, wouldn’t the fine details of the front be the first to wear off? Also the pattern looks different to me. Perhaps it’s just my eyes. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Hey @Harry Pristis can you confirm or deny this as a glyptodont or perhaps something else? 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 6 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: Hey @Harry Pristis can you confirm or deny this as a glyptodont or perhaps something else? My guess is that this is a Holmesina osteoderm. These giant armadillos have many odd bits of armor beyond the buckler and imbricating band -- margins, head, legs, tail. 4 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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