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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Zuma on March 05, 2016, 11:28:57 am

Title: I can't let you eat it Squirt.
Post by: Zuma on March 05, 2016, 11:28:57 am

I found this on a remote part of a Gulf beach yesterday.
It is from a large marine? carcase. There were a multitude of these shaped
bony/cartilage type things. Mine is a small one. If there was a shell (turtle)
in was hidden on the down side. The tissue was still there holding things
 pretty much together. I wasn't going to turn it over. The scute or whatever
 came off pretty easy. Any ideas
Zuma

Title: Re: I can't let you eat it Squirt.
Post by: Zuma on March 05, 2016, 11:30:03 am

more pics

Title: Re: I can't let you eat it Squirt.
Post by: mullet on March 05, 2016, 05:05:38 pm

Looks like stingray scute.

Title: Re: I can't let you eat it Squirt.
Post by: chamookman on March 06, 2016, 03:32:11 am

OK - Yankee here, a What ???????? O:) :laugh: - Bob

Title: Re: I can't let you eat it Squirt.
Post by: Chief RID on March 06, 2016, 04:59:49 am

I have never seen that before. Since it is cartilage I would be guessing ray or shark but what would have allowed them to come ashore . Did you have a storm out there or was there marine activity that you noticed? Sure reminds us of how many mysteries are still left in the natural world.

Title: Re: I can't let you eat it Squirt.
Post by: bluegill68 on March 06, 2016, 11:12:25 am

Any pics of the carcass? My first guess is scutes of a gulf sturgeon, looks like the scutes that run down the side of the fish.

Title: Re: I can't let you eat it Squirt.
Post by: Zuma on March 06, 2016, 11:19:09 am

Thanks fellas. Eddie. Some here think stingray also.
I do a drawing of what I remember. Wish I had my camera that day.

What the heck is a "scute"? - Fossil-Treasures-of-Florida.com
www.fossil-treasures-of-florida.com/FossilTreasuresofFlorida...



People often ask me what the heck a “scute” is. Basically, it is a boney plate that floats in the skin or is a part of a carapace shell of some type. “Scute” is taken from the Latin scutum or scuta, meaning “shield”. It is, also, called a dermal occicle or osteoderm and can form dermal armor. The shape is usually a round or square boney plate with pits in it. Each scute has unique markings telling us what kind of animal and often what species they came from. They frequently fossilize because of their boney hardness and often survive when the rest of the animal does not. Most commonly found in Armadillos, Crocodilians, Turtles and Tortoises.

Title: Re: I can't let you eat it Squirt.
Post by: Zuma on March 06, 2016, 11:31:06 am

Quote from: bluegill68 on March 06, 2016, 11:12:25 am

Any pics of the carcass? My first guess is scutes of a gulf sturgeon, looks like the scutes that run down the side of the fish.

Bingo, or very close bluegill. :)

Images for scutes in fish
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Title: Re: I can't let you eat it Squirt.
Post by: chamookman on March 07, 2016, 04:06:39 am

Thanks - I've seen the ones on Sturgeon. Bob