Show us your Scutes!

[Notidanodon]

1 minute ago, Emilhg said:

Can this be a Scute? 

 

Found in the clay, with the "spikes" laying down!!?

 

 

It’s concrete  

[Fin Lover]

Sorry, not a scute 

[Troodon]

A brief description of the difference between scutes and osteoderms by paleontologist David Hone

 

https://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/scutes-and-osteoderms/

 

 

Osteoderms

 

 

 

 

[Meganeura]

D. bellus:

 

P. leiseyi:

 

Most likely P. leiseyi imbricating bands, but possibly from an as of yet unidentified species:

[Brandy Cole]

Here are a couple of holmesina osteoderms I've found.

 

 

[Harry Pristis]

Pathology:

 

[Mikrogeophagus]

Not the craziest thing to find, but it's a favorite in my collection. A croc osteoderm I found on my first adventure in the Brazos Pleistocene:

[Harry Pristis]

'Gator pathological osteoderm:

 

[AranHao]

Can this be a ankylosaurus scute?

This is an old collection given to me by a friend. The only information I know is that it comes from New Mexico. sorry, no fm no county...

Thank you for help!

Edited October 21, 2022 by AranHao
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[Troodon]

5 hours ago, AranHao said:

Can this be a ankylosaurus scute?

This is an old collection given to me by a friend. The only information I know is that it comes from New Mexico. sorry, no fm no county...

Thank you for help!

 

 

Its an osteoderm not a scute.  Did your friend provide you with a formation where it was found?  Are you sure its NM since Ankylosaurid material from there is quite scarce.  Ankylosaurus is known from the Hell Creek/Lance formations of Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas.  Preservation matches those deposits.

 

If its indeed NM

 

 

[AranHao]

1 hour ago, Troodon said:

 

 

Its an osteoderm not a scute.  Did your friend provide you with a formation where it was found?  Are you sure its NM since Ankylosaurid material from there is quite scarce.  Ankylosaurus is known from the Hell Creek/Lance formations of Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas.  Preservation matches those deposits.

 

If its indeed NM

 

 

I'm very grateful for your help. I asked my friend again, and he confirmed that this was a Nodosauridae from NM, but because the label was lost, the FM and county could not be known.