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Skeletal remains

Photo by auntnance123
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28.3198, -80.729

Field Notes

Habitat:

spotted in scrub land preserve beside brackish canal

Notes:

I'm thinking it is a large turtle (probably soft-shelled). The V-shaped bone to the lower right appears to be a jaw like that of a turtle.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Scott Frazier
You are welcome! I think this can be moved from "other organisms" to reptiles now.
auntnance123
That's pretty neat, Scott; thanks. In the first picture the large bone on the right appears to be the pectoral bone; and leg bones on the left. I've added a picture I believe shows part of the pelvic girdle. Thanks again.
Scott Frazier
Perhaps this is useful for determining if it is a turtle: http://campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/tderting/anatomyatlas/SkelSysTurtamy-becky.html

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PublishedSeptember 23, 2011

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