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Definitely a turtle!

You may want to compare with the native freshwater slider species too:
*Trachemys
decorata* and *Trachemys stejnegeri vicina*

Size wise it might match those species better than sea turtles...

The Chelonian Research Institute may have comparatives:
http://chelonianri.org

Take care,
Cyler

-- 
Cyler Conrad, M.A., RPA
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Anthropology
University of New Mexico

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On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 6:02 AM, Gene Shev <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am a masters student currently working on a faunal assemblage from the
> Dominican Republic. I have stumbled across a peculiarly triangular shaped
> bone and I was wondering if anyone can help me identify it? I am thinking
> it may be from a sea turtle but unfortunately I do not have a reference
> specimen to compare it to.
>
>
> https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5yjkqd--8abM240V1Qyb2J2T0U
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Gene Shev
>