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Crocodile and turtle fragments from Jurassic of Lithuania
D.N.FossilmanLithuania posted a topic in Fossil ID
Dear Guys, I am young fossil explorer from Lithuania, Baltic States. There are some Jurassic and Cretaceous erratics in my area, where should be possible to find some reptile remains. I think this type of rock is very common in Devonian but when I showed one fragment to scientific doctor in Vilnius University he said that similar rocks can be found even to Cretaceous. The tooth is quite uncommon in the majority of bony fishes because of its appearance, I think. It is more characteristic to crocodiles or other reptiles. The length of the tooth is 8 mm. The turtle scutes in my opinion are too big to placoderms like Asterolepis or Bothriolepis, and they are also very thick. There are three fragments of them, the largest is 2,5 cm in length and 4 mm thickness, the second is 2,1 cm in length and 3 mm thickness, and the third- 1,6 cm in length and ~2,5 mm thickness. Please help me to confirm these ideas if you can. Best Regards, Domas -
Hi, I thought I'd share some of my best finds from yesterday's trip to Hamstead. It was definitely one of the best trips I've had in terms of the sheer number and variety of fossils I picked up. Tide was going out slowly so had to spend a lot of time climbing over and through the fallen trees that litter the beach from the landslides, but it was definitely worth it. As usual fragments of Emys carapace were by far the most common find along with loads of worn pieces of crocodile scute and fish vertebrae. I also found quite a few of the nicer pieces that come out of the Bouldnor formation including a diplocynodon tooth, mammal teeth and bones (which seem to be quite common at the moment), 3 diplocynodon vertebrae, a large section of diplocynodon mandible, and the largest fragment of Trionychid carapace/plastron I've ever found! The coast is always very productive but the strong winds and rain we had here for much of last week seem to have exposed/brought in lots of new material. I'll attach images of the highlights from the trip below (will have to do it in multiple posts because of size limits). (Below) The best Emys fragments of the day, a large plastron piece, a neural plate, and a peripheral piece.
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Hi all! I found this specimen recently at a site in NE Mississippi (cretaceous). I kept it because I thought there may be a chance it was a piece of a turtle shell. I say this because one side is flat, and the other has a porous/spongy appearance. Am I on the right track, or do I have a nice rock? Thanks!
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Can anyone identify any of these pieced. I'm not sure if they are turtle shell fragments, dermal scutes or something else. There's four pieces in the photo - back and front images of a couple. Thanks in advance.
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Hi this fossil was given to me and I think it was found on the jurassic coast uk. I have been told it is part of a turtle , crocodile skin or part of fish brest plate. So I would like to throw it out there and see what comes back. It does have a fold shape to it , like skin? Thanks for your time in reading this post Bobby
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Was on the Peace River Florida- am sorting the findings had several flat pieces I think are mostly turtle scutes-but I'm not sure about a couple, and wouldn't mind more specific information on any image 1 shows the top of 8 scutes/flat pieces except it shows the underside of specimen 3. Image two is the reverse of specimen 3 I can make higher resolution or other views as needed.
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Long 10 mile hike at NSR and some meager finds. The weather was beautiful so I didn't mind. I found lots of Pleistocene tooth enamel. This particular area of NSR I seem to find more Pleistocene material and points than Cretaceous material.
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North Sulphur River Texas was pretty picked over but I managed to find a nice variety. I found Mosasaur, Cretaceous Turtle, Ammonite, Enchodus / Shark Teeth, Ice Age Tooth, Rudists, Mastodon Tooth Enamel and one artifact in the creek. NSR needs a good rain.
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From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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I am interested in this turtle. According to the seller, it is from the Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. What do you think - is it real?
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Hello: I am going through my collection of fossils when I was a kid over 30 years ago and it seems that I either forgot what these are or they were mislabeled. So any help is appreciated. Most of these fossils that I will post are either from the beaches of North Carolina or of some fossils quarries, like Aurora Phosphate mine, Castle Hayne, etc. I appreciate it! David
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French eocene turtle
caterpillar posted a topic in Partners in Paleontology - Member Contributions to Science
I've found these 2 skulls in the lower eocene of southwest France I gave them to the MNHN of Paris because they are a new genus Adan Perez Garcia published a study and gave the name of species in my honour. Thanks for him https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27262289 -
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Hypoplastron bone of a cretaceous sea turtle with bite marks. Age: Upper Cretaceous Frm: Ozan Location: Lamar Co., TX Didn't realize what I had until I got home and cleaned it up. The scratches are filled with the native shale and the bone is raised along edges of some of the scratches indicating it happened when the bone was fresh.- 1 comment
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Mastodon and Turtle - Internet sale
Vieira posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I found these 2 jewelry for sale in internet. These two pieces are described like very rare and with a high price (around a thousand dollars for piece) A Mastodon molar: Rare turtle Shell: -
Any ideas on how to remove the green lichen staining from this partially weathered turtle without doing damage?
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Found in the Peace River. Broadest part measures 3 1/2". Found some other large pieces but also found a lot of LARGE (Big Boy) turtle pieces. Will post in another post. Thanks. SO GLAD to be back in the river. Cold but definitely doable in swimsuit - and I am a Floridian that walks around with a jacket at 70 degrees!
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Hello. I found this turtle mold a couple of years ago during road construction. According to geological maps, I was in Lower Cretaceous, Albian. This came out of the overburden however, so age may be incorrect. Just wondering if anyone could provide me with any information. Also wondering about image 4. Could this be skin impressions? Thank you. D.
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Found in my favorite creek today, turtle femur? Any way to tell if it's from land or water? Guessing front leg of land tortoise? Area of recent deposits in the middle Eagle Ford.
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Student uncovers Alabama fossils likely from oldest ancestor of modern sea turtles, October 5, 2016 https://www.uab.edu/news/innovation/item/7649-uab-grad-student-uncovers-alabama-fossils-likely-from-oldest-ancestor-of-modern-sea-turtles http://phys.org/news/2016-10-student-uncovers-alabama-fossils-oldest.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161003182513.htm Gentry, A. D., 2016, New material of the Late Cretaceous marine turtle Zangerl, 1953 and a phylogenetic reassessment of the 'toxochelyid'-grade taxa, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2016.1217087 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772019.2016.1217087 Yours, Paul H.
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