Skull for identification

[wildsusy]

actually not masked crab, not quite right for that one, but defo a common sort of crab, like velvet or shore.

[ViperaBerus]

Crabs don't have coronal sutures. The object in the picture shows clear coronal, squamosa and lambdoid sutures. Certainly not a crab.

[wildsusy]

so what do you think it is? looks just like a crab shell

susy

[ViperaBerus]

Originally Posted by wildsusy

so what do you think it is? looks just like a crab shell

susy

I know where your coming from. Urchins have four sutures in their shells similar to this, but they are in symmetrical quandrants. The sutures in the pictures are mammalian. It's the rear cranium of a mammal that has been chewed and broken open to get at the meat inside.

[wildsusy]

its uncanny isn't it?! If someone finds out what it does actually come from, please tell us! I don't know a great deal about animals' anatomies.. seriously crabby looking!

[wizzo]

The first one looks like the gezzer from the film 'Predator' I don't have a scooby doo? Wizzo

[RKB]

Originally Posted by ViperaBerus

I know where your coming from. Urchins have four sutures in their shells similar to this, but they are in symmetrical quandrants. The sutures in the pictures are mammalian. It's the rear cranium of a mammal that has been chewed and broken open to get at the meat inside.

Now you say it I can see it. I did think the suture down the dorsal side was mammalian/cranial but couldn't work it out. But on pic 1 I can now see where the malar/cheek bones would attach. It must be something with huge orbits, though, as there's no sign of the front attachments, so maybe a cat.