Potential Crocodile Scute?

[PaleoNoel]

I found this piece on my first ever trip to New Jersey and knew it was something, but was unable to identify it due to my inexperience at the time. 6 years have passed since then and I now recognize the pattern on the specimen to resemble a crocodile scute, if this is accurate I believe it would be my first crocodile specimen from the state. What do you think? It's about 2/3" long.

[Rockwood]

I think so.

[PaleoNoel]

24 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

I think so.

Thanks, looking at some other pictures online it could also be a skull bone section. I understand it's hard to tell due to how fragmentary it is. 

[jpc]

Yup. Croc. Either scute or skull/jaw frag.  What does the other side look like?  

[PaleoNoel]

Here's the other side.

[jpc]

That's a tough one.  Can't say more details than crocigator from here.  

[PaleoNoel]

10 minutes ago, jpc said:

That's a tough one.  Can't say more details than crocigator from here.  

That's good enough for me! Happy to know I can add croc to my repertoire of NJ cretaceous fauna.

[The Jersey Devil]

It looks more like a Croc osteoderm frag than a skull piece.

[PaleoNoel]

56 minutes ago, The Jersey Devil said:

It looks more like a Croc osteoderm frag than a skull piece.

Yeah I was looking at your website actually and thought it resembled the scute pretty closely.

[The Jersey Devil]

4 minutes ago, PaleoNoel said:

Yeah I was looking at your website actually and thought it resembled the scute pretty closely.

 

It can be a skull frag, it might be impossible to tell with the wear. Thanks for looking at my website! It will eventually be completed.

[PaleoNoel]

25 minutes ago, The Jersey Devil said:

 

It can be a skull frag, it might be impossible to tell with the wear. Thanks for looking at my website! It will eventually be completed.

Any time! I found it to be informative and easy to navigate.