Scute - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum Found while walking along the low tide in northern neck VA along the Rappahannock I've seen Stergeon scute and turtle scute but this is the first I've seen of this I have been told it's Alligator on other fossil discussions What is your take?
Show us your Scutes! - Member Collections - The Fossil Forum Scutes are thickened bony dermal plates that can be found on turtles, crocodiles, birds, and many other animals Because they are made of hard material, they are more likely to fossilize and remain preserved for millions of years My personal fossil collection, which consists of an estimated 7,00
Scute Damage - Tortoise Forum As mentioned above, the tortoise lost one scute three months ago, that place got healed now, but there are acutally more scutes which have gotten loose by the injury Three days ago they have gotten looser and the same situation happens again, except that the scutes haven't really fallen off, they are just loose and there is a little blood
What is this? Croc scute? - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum Depending on the texture, might also be a turtle scute Can you post pictures of the cross section? By the way, the most reliable source of information about fossils are papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals Go to Google Scholar NCBI Sci-Hub or other similar resources and type the keywords there
Glyptodont scute, right?? - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum Technically it's an osteoderm not a scute but it's definitely a fragment from the armor of a Glyptodont, of which in North America there's currently only one recognized genus- Glyptotherium I didn't know there was a difference between scutes and osteoderms
Scute, But From What Creature? - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum This seems to obviously be a scute - a bony plate from an animal, and it's fossilized Size is rectangular, about 3" by 2 5" A sliver of one edge is missing There is a protruding nub on what I presume to be the top surface The piece was cracked in two, and glued back together Three photos: 1) "Top" 2) "Bottom"
Sulcata scute lifting off - Tortoise Forum Normally the scute you see today on the back of a tortoise will be the exact same bit of shell that you see on his back 100 years from now The only time scutes lift is because of injury, burn or disease, etc Unless its shell rot (which I doubt), if the scute has already partially lifted, there's no reason to worry about medicating it
Tiny Ankylosaur Scute? Turtle osteoderm? From the Dinosaur Park . . . We found it at a microsite in the Dinosaur Park formation of Alberta It was surface collected on private land, with the landowners permission We were quite stumped with what the fossil could be My son initially thought it was a tiny ankylosaur or nodosaur scute, but we weren’t too confident in that identification
SPLIT SCUTES - Tortoise Forum Interesting We have never had a split scute until this year Our last clutch we had 12 and 1 has a small split scute in the rear The little guy is reserved already, picked out yesturday by one of our local customers Here are two pictures just taken
Is this an Ankylosaurus scute? - The Fossil Forum I found a couple pieces of what I think to be Dinosaur Bones and possibly a scute from my Uncle's property a while back in Canon City, CO Canon City is known for Late Jurassic dinosaurs I'm definitely not an expert, but it looks like I possibly found an Ankylosaurus scute? Can someone tell me anything about these bones?