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LiamL

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I found this fossil recently at Whitby. A nice marine reptile bone piece, it's either plesiosaur, croc or ichthyosaur.


Initially I thought croc because of the bone colour and nice texture but i'm not sure.  The rock was very hard but I'm pleased with how it prepped out. I may revisit it at a later date, but happy for now.

 

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Fossildude19 Regular Member

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Moved to FOSSIL ID. ;)

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Tricky piece, but great find! Looks like ribs to me. And that being the case, as they are rather round and don't have any signs of depressions in them (which both ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs have), I agree with your initial estimation that these are crocodilian. Very cool! B)

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