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Scute from a baby crocodile, the smallest one ever found in Alabama.
Scute from a baby crocodile, the smallest one ever found in Alabama.
Part of what makes it difficult to find fossils is the large quantity of rubble on the ground, that all looks like fossils. One has to tune out the "trash" and tune in to the correct shapes before being able to spot vertebra and teeth.
James Lamb demonstrating the difference in size of the baby crocodile bone and scutes we found, and those of an adult.