This week I have a nice skull for you to identify:
I don’t think it should be too difficult, but I’m keen to hear what you think. Have fun!
Friday mystery object #528
Zygoma
Adventures in natural history collections
This week I have a nice skull for you to identify:
I don’t think it should be too difficult, but I’m keen to hear what you think. Have fun!
Zygoma 
I’m inclined to think that you shouldn’t smile at this beaste’s cousins although he’s probably from further south and east and used to rougher waters
Seeya later,,,,,
(The ‘merican one, not the critically endangered one from China).
Clues include snout shape and length, divided nostrils and lack of a lateral notch for receiving the big fangs from the lower jaw.
Ally m-i-ss-i-ss-i-pp-i esque. Alli the caimans are more triangular skulls i think
If I am correct the first captive breeding outside its native range was at Aalborg Zoo in 2013 …
I was thinking further South in Amazonia … a big one? if I am correct the first captive breeding outside its native range was at Aalborg Zoo in 2013.
It isn’t that species. Those guys have the bony nostrils united into a single opening, have relatively smaller fenestrae on the skull table (behind the eyes), and have prominent pair of oblique ridges on each side of the snout.
I always just ask… if they answer” See ya later”, or “Not for awhile” then it’s a slam-dunk.