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I've obtained another little lot of miscellaneous bones. To my surprise, many of the partial bones in the lot were perfect matches, so I was able to stick them back together. But these isolated bones can be a bit puzzling, so I'd appreciate any suggestions as to what they may be!

 

I've numbered the images to make it a bit easier.

 

Firstly, the verts. I can normally differentiate between croc and dinosaur with the larger verts, but I'm not so good when it comes to the smaller ones.

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Then the misc bones.

 

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7: Piece of fish skull, I assume.

13: This is a concave shape (the centre as you see it in the picture is raised).

15: This looks a bit like a furcula, but I guess it's probably not.

 

I know what these next bits are, but I'm just showing off now :P

 

A big chunk of unprepared crocodile scute, an unprepared Onchopristis rostrum, and two big hybodont fin spines.

 

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1: I would like a front view, but I think croc

2: is this a vert?

5: Same as 1

6: caudal vert, don't know what.

7: think you are right 

9: turtle femur?

11: metatarsel?

13: dermal croc scute

14: rib fragment

16: skull piece i guess

17-18: rib bone, I don't know from what, but I have a similar one 

19: saw one like this once, if I remember right part of a coelacanth.

22: rib 

23: huge rib bone

 

Nice set, I hope I didn't make mistakes

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2 hours ago, Aurelius said:

15: This looks a bit like a furcula, but I guess it's probably not.

Turtle coracoid, me thinks.

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Can we get a size comparison I think I know one or two for sure but without knowing how large or small they are is kinda hard to establish a base line, also very sure no 16 is a skull piece with this one i would recommend posting ventral, dorsal - anterior and posterior pictures to get a better idea.

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Nice pieces.

 

I'm not listing all here because some I either don't know of don't have good enough photos to tell.

1. dorsal reptile vert

3. probable caudal reptile vert

5. dorsal reptile vert

 

7. fish skull bone

9. femur? not dinosaur if its a femur

10. humerus

11. metacarpal?

13. too dirty to tell for sure, but croc scute maybe?

16. fish skull?

 

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All your verts look reptlian with the exception of 2 need more pictures but also think its one.

7 fish skull bone

8, 9, 10 reptilian 

13 looks like a croc scute need to see other side

15 is a turtle scapula 

More photos might help

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