Description
Montana Cretaceous Crocodile
- Crocodile Scute –Â (Borealosuchus, Stangerochampsa or possibly Brachychampsa montana)
- Cretaceous Age
- Hell Creek Formation
- Garfield County, Montana
- Specimen measures approximately .77″ wide and will come in a 1.25″ Gem Jar with ID (Scute is actually DARKER than it appears in the photos)
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The epidermal scutes of the alligator consists of oblong horny scales, arranged in transverse rows; the long axes of the scales are parallel to that of the body. On the tail, except along the mid-dorsal line, and on the ventral side of the trunk and head these scales are very regular in outline and arrangement; on the sides of the head and trunk and on the legs they are much smaller and less regularly arranged, while along the mid-dorsal line of the tail, especially in its posterior half, they are elevated into tall keels that give the tail a large surface area for swimming.
Epidermal body armor and skeleton of a black caiman to show how these scutes protected the crocodile
