frozen_turkey Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 (edited) Here is a large turtle shell i found while i was on a trip to South Dakota. It is amazing and still has the bit marks/holes of the thing that killed it clearly visible on the top part of the shell. Ive done some prep work on it but its taking forever seeing that i dont have fancy equiment like scribes or mini blasters just tinny picks and ive been vvvvaaarrrryyy careful not to dameage it. Ive spent like more then 20 hours on it and it looks ALOT better then it did before and not a single anoying pin mark or hole. So here is the top of the specimen and you can clearly see two of the holes (their near the right side and if you find the one near the top just go down a few inches and youii find the other). -Frozen PS Sry i have to post the bottum pic in a diffrent post. For some reason i cant post both pics in the same post. And sry about the ? after shell typo and idk how to fix it. And i totaly posted this in the discusion section but why is it in here? any ideas? Edited December 13, 2009 by frozen_turkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 here is the bottum pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron E. Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 here is the bottum pic. VERY nice. And nice quality pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 For some reason i cant post both pics in the same post. And sry about the ? after shell typo and idk how to fix it. And i totaly posted this in the discusion section but why is it in here? any ideas? The pics are 1.12 and 1.14 mb in size, which together exceeds the size limit for a single post. If you reduce the size of your pics (to 72 ppi, and around 800 pixels in their longest dimension), you won't have the problem. As for how the post wound up in this sub-forum, I don't know. Where do you want it to be; we can move it. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 ok, i moved your topic and edited the title. etaoin shrdlu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 ok, i moved your topic and edited the title. etaoin shrdlu Thanks!!!! -Frozen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Hey Frozen. Im usually the one answering questions, but this time I have a question. I can see some kind of damage on that turtle shell, but how do you know its bite marks and tooth holes? If something killed this thing, wouldnt the shell be destroyed? I know a thing or two about some west coast gastros and some crabs, but I dont know too much about this? I need an explination as to how this is so I can understand it. And thanks RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 Hey Frozen. Im usually the one answering questions, but this time I have a question. I can see some kind of damage on that turtle shell, but how do you know its bite marks and tooth holes? If something killed this thing, wouldnt the shell be destroyed? I know a thing or two about some west coast gastros and some crabs, but I dont know too much about this? I need an explination as to how this is so I can understand it. And thanks RB I can tell they are bite marks because there is other marks conecting the 2 big ones like a regular bite mark would and when i found it i brought it to a pro and asked about it and he said they were bite marks. But he didnt tell me why it wasn't destroyed (i didn't ask) but im guessing it got away or the critter that attacked it got board or gave up trying and the turtle died later of its injuries. here is a pic were i highlighted the bite marks. The ones with the line going to the question mark by them are possible bite marks the guy said. and the ones conected (or intersected) by the line are from the same bite. The guy said it might be from a croc or aligater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve71 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 sweet find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sccfd1 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 nice any idea how old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Turtle Turtle, HA, HA, HA I love Turtle nice turtle, what age do you think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I'm thinking it's Oligocene. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 I'm thinking it's Oligocene. Wow how did you guess. Thats exactly the period this speices of turtle came from. -Frozen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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