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Montana Cretaceous Crocodile Scute #47

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  • Genuine Fossil Crocodile Scute
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Description

Montana Cretaceous Crocodile

  • Crocodile Scute –  (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.

Montana Cretaceous Crocodile

Epidermal body armor and skeleton of a black caiman to show how these scutes protected the crocodile

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Location

Montana