CreekCrawler Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Hello can anyone ID this scute from North East Texas. Croc-Gator ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Cool finds at least you got to get out. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Just a broken piece of bone. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Just a broken piece of bone. Ok just one more pic to be sure! The first one was wet obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 yup... just bone. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 looks like some lumpy worn bone to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thanks both of you. How about this one from the exact same area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Now that looks like a piece of a scute kinda looks croc but could be gator not sure . It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Ok just one more pic to be sure!The first one was wet obviously. Do you have another good close-up of the other side (with size reference)? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Nope, that's not a scute either. But, it does look like a small section of soft-shelled turtle shell (Apalone). www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pristiformes Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Nope, that's not a scute either. But, it does look like a small section of soft-shelled turtle shell (Apalone). That was my impression of it, too. Apalone sp. bone from the carapace or plastron. The first fossil looks like a bone fragment to me, possibly from a crocodilian, although it looks a little thin for that. jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thanks for the replys everyone. I have another piece of turtle material that I will post for positive ID when I get home from work. It looks to be from a land tort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Here's an image of a 'gator maxilla. I believe that the pitting and crenulations are most pronounced in the bones behind the eyes -- the brain case. Those bones are also the thickest in the skull. Your bones, as has been suggested, may be turtle. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1971 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Hey Barry....It does look similar to the gator maxilla that Harry Pristis posted. I can see how it would be hard to make a definite ID. Whatever it turns out to be...it's a very interesting find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Nope, that's not a scute either. But, it does look like a small section of soft-shelled turtle shell (Apalone). Sounds good Nate. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Ok here is some more of the material I need ID'd.These pieces are all from the same area collected mid last year. 1st pic looks to me like a piece of tortoise carapace. 2nd pic more softshell material?....it's very thin with a light brown core. 3rd pic not ID'd yet....was told it was turtle material also thank you B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Ok here is some more of the material I need ID'd.These pieces are all from the same area collected mid last year.1st pic looks to me like a piece of tortoise carapace. 2nd pic more softshell material?....it's very thin with a light brown core. 3rd pic not ID'd yet....was told it was turtle material also thank you B yes. yes. and yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Ok here is some more of the material I need ID'd.These pieces are all from the same area collected mid last year.1st pic looks to me like a piece of tortoise carapace. 2nd pic more softshell material?....it's very thin with a light brown core. 3rd pic not ID'd yet....was told it was turtle material also thank you B Yes, Yes, and Yes! Tortoise and soft-shell turtle. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 Thanks for the ID's y'all! Now to find the complete specimen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 2nd and 3rd pics look like Trionyx sp. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 2nd and 3rd pics look like Trionyx sp. You and I learned "Trionyx," Bill; and, it is still Superfamily TRIONYCHOIDEA, Family TRIONYCHIDAE. It appears that the familiar extent and fossil American softshell turtles have been placed in a different genus, "Apalone." http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Thanks Harry. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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