Fossil alligator vetebrae

[Ninjafossils]

I recently got this in a trade from Gatorboy. From the moment I saw it, I knew it was a vertebrae. I could see the processes. Then I noticed the distinct "ball and socket" type attachment point of the body of the vertebrae. Defenently reptile. Based on the reptiles living in Florida from the Miocene-Pleistocene and the large size of the vertebrae, I've narrowed it down to a gator or the tail of a large tortoise or turtle. I'm going with gator, but would love your opinion.








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Notice the hole where the spinal chord would have passed and the apparent "ball and socket joint" shape of the body











Examples of alligator vertebrae

 

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[GatorBoy]

I went with alligator with that one also.