Danielle Brennan
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To All who have helped me in identifying the vertebra, I appreciate all of the research, comments and connections. I tried to send a thank you note earlier in the week and for some unknown reason it would not allow me to post. My husband and I will definitely consider donating the vertebra to the Alabama Museum and if we find anything further along these lines, I will be sure to post. I have several other reptile verts from Point A Dam. They are much smaller and most likely snake. If you have anyone good with identifying them, I will be more than happy to post them. Do I need to send in any documentation beyond posting here showing what I found, that way it can be properly documented? I feel it is very important that this is documented as being in Alabama, if it has never been identified there before. Thank you again for everyone’s joint effort!
Eleanor,
I was trying to piece other parts I had to it together last night and I had to matches. After I put them together, I can attach updated pictures. Thank you for all of your help with this.
Danielle
I have had quite a few people look at it and besides mosasaur, which is the first always suggested, they keep telling me a HUGE croc of some sort. Do you have anyone, I could contact who specializes in crocodilians?
Thank you for your assistance, @rboessenecker. It can’t be mosasaur. I dug it out of a shelf that is middle Eocene. It is part of the Lisbon Tallahatta layer. Any idea of the crocodilian?
Yes, the Zygorhiza is the same color. I also found these set of bones in the same location of the shelf as where I found the Zygorhiza vert two years ago. I am attaching a very poor image of the vert. This evening, I will try to get it out and take a much better photo. The layer of sediment I am digging in is the Lisbon-Tallahatta Layer. I am attaching a thesis study done on the location where I dig at.
