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A lateral scute from Acipenser. These roundish scutes come from the sides of the Sturgeon
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FOTM - Bone Valley Formation, Florida, USA

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  • Taken with Apple iPhone 12 Pro
  • Focal Length 4.2 mm
  • Exposure Time 1/120
  • f Aperture f/1.6
  • ISO Speed 64
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bockryan

How common are these? I imagine not very but perhaps smaller ones are more easily found. 

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2 hours ago, bockryan said:

How common are these? I imagine not very but perhaps smaller ones are more easily found. 

One day ,  at one site I had hunted for years, I found 3 of these scutes. One was badly broken,  the 2nd smaller about half the size.  I submitted for FOTM.  

https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/129586-february-2023-finds-of-the-month-entries/#comment-1406567

Never have seen another.. (that is pretty curious... ?)

Found this photo after...th-3933781888.jpg.19ea008cc70d7d63c248a24a26f6fa98.jpg

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