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Hey all. So I just got some of that winter polar vortex stuff and now, there is snow about 2 feet high. I am now indoors and can not go out hunting fossils. So, I went to Michaels to look for fabrics to tie flies for fly fishing. Then I saw a "National Geographic Dig Kit with Genuine Fossils" It was on sale for 5$ and promised 3 real fossils so I just grabbed it and busted it out. After an hour of looking through online, Amazon and many others. I cannot figure out what bone or what coprolite this is. Its driving me crazy not being able to just slap a label on it. Can someone help me figure this out? Bone featured first Coprolite second
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I started collecting dinosaur fossils fairly recently and so far I have a pretty good working idea of what I have. There is one exception and I thought I would share on the Fossil Forum and see how far I can get with an ID. My guess is that it I will not get much further then unidentified theropod but it could be something completely I suppose. It does not really look like the Acheroraptor tooth I have and it is larger. It does not look like a Tyrannosaurus of any kind to me either. I will work on getting better pictures up though I did get some detailed shots of the serrations on the micro eye at work. This is my first attempt at really assessing a tooth so my language and/or wording may be not be correct. Call it the learning curve lol This is what I know It is from Hell Creek, Powder County Montana Slightly over 1/2 inch long This is what I observed Serrations are larger on one side than the other and extend further on one side. The denticles look a bit rounded to me and seem very uniform but are really quite small. I counted 5-6 per mm but I had a hard time counting them and am probably wrong lol I THINK it might be a Dromaeosaurid but I am calling it unidentified theropod for now. If you know your dino teeth and feel like giving an opinion, I would love the input. I may not know what it is but I do know that is a pretty nice tooth to have. The serrations are in great shape even though they are small and the tip is worn but not broken. I got it at a reasonable price to so regardless of what it is, I am pretty stoked !
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Spinosaur partial dentary, new find, Sussex Wealden, U.K, 135 million years old
Jonwealden posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
This weekend i made a very lucky find, in the process of cleaning up. Photo's to follow soon. I was very emotional when i picked it up and almost at once saw it was Spinosaur. It mind sound odd ( maybe other fossil hunters may relate to this), that a minute before finding it, i had a strong feeling come across me, of something special nearby. I have identified it as the anterior part of the dentary of a Spinosaur, just before the rostrum begins. There is an eroded partial tooth showing at one end. Maybe more inside the mandibular section. A scan would confirm this. Its 9 cm long, 5.3 cm high and 2.5 cm wide (the corresponding section being a little larger than Baryonyx, which is much younger than this, 125 versus 135 MYA) As far as i know, this would be only the second Spinosaur dentary on the UK mainland, other than the Holotype Baryonyx Walkeri. The isle of Wight (115-125MYA) has had the recent discovery of two Baryonyx , which does have a partial dentary.- 166 replies
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Hey guys, Just purchased this lovely looking tooth however the seller doesn't know what it's from? Any suggestions would be great. A few people have said that it could possibly be raptor? It has some beautiful serrations. Looking for to your suggestions. Thanks
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Dinosaur bone found in Yatsushiro (Kumamoto prefecture Japan) could be the oldest in Japan
David in Japan posted a topic in Fossil News
Here is the article but as it is written in Japanese, I will translate it roughly. https://this.kiji.is/461667067532395617?c=92619697908483575 Japanese oldest dinosaur remains have been found in Yatsushiro. 2 days ago, the professor Naomi Ikegami from the Mifune Dinosaur Museum has revealed at the Japanese paleontological society annual meeting the discovery of the oldest remains of a Japanese dinosaur. The fossil (a 8cm long, 4cm wide rib) has been found in Kumamoto prefecture, Yatsushiro city (near Sakamoto village) by a 65 years old former teacher named Mr. Murakami in 2014. It was discovered during a survey conducted by the Mifune Dinosaur Museum and recovered from the Kawaguchi formation. The Kawaguchi formation is a 40 km wide early cretaceous formation (- 133Myo, Hauterivian) composed mainly of brackish strata, which yield abundant brackish conditional molluscus fossils, and intercalates shallow marine strata, which yield marine conditional molluscus fossils. According to the professor Ikegami, as the elliptical cross section of the bone is long and thin and as the width of the abdominal side spreads toward the tip, it matches the characteristics of a theropod's rib. It was estimated that this rib fragment would be part of a 8 to 10 meter long dinosaur. The fossil, the first of its kind found in Yatsushiro has bolstered hope to find new dinosaur localities in the Kumamoto prefecture which already the richest in Japan. The specimen will be show to the public at Mifune Dinosaur Museum from the 29th of January. -
Hello ! Is this NOTHOSAURUS Fossile KEICHOUSAURUS Dinosaur real ?
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Hello ! I'm new in the world of Dinosaur fossil, and would like to know if this this NOTHOSAURUS Fossile KEICHOUSAURUS Dinosaur real ? Please find some picture hereafter ! Thanks in advance for your help, Regards- 17 replies
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This is in the rocks near labeled dinosaur bones at Dinosaur Ridge, west of Denver in Colorado. When I took the photo I just assumed it was a transsection of a long bone. I've become less certain of it each time I look at the photo though.
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I've been looking at this Hadrosaur egg from the Kaoguo formation in China, and while it seems alright to me I don't have any experience with dino eggs. What do you guys think?
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Hello guys, I have bought this theropod tooth, but I´m not sure about the ID. The tooth is 9mm in lenght and was found in the Judith River Formation. I hope, that you can help me! Kind regards from Germany!
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Thescelosaurus neglectus Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian~ 66 mya) Lance formation-
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Opal-Filled Fossils Reveal Timid, Dog-Size Dinosaur That Lived Down Under By Laura Geggel, January 17, 2019 https://www.livescience.com/64522-opal-dinosaur-fossils-in-australia.html https://www.sciencealert.com/a-gorgeous-opalised-fossil-turned-out-to-be-an-unknown-species-of-dinosaur Bell, P.R., Herne, M.C., Brougham, T. and Smith, E.T., 2018. Ornithopod diversity in the Griman Creek Formation (Cenomanian), New South Wales, Australia. PeerJ, 6, p.e6008. https://peerj.com/articles/6008/ Yours, Paul H.
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Hi everyone I’m not sure how this forum works I just wanted to get some info about this “real dinosaur egg” my grandpa recently passed away he was an antiques dealer and this was one of his prized possessions.
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Partial Triceratops Horn prep + Skin Impression?
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Hi All, I was wondering if anyone had any tips on prepping this partial Triceratops horn, and if I should us glue or not. I also believe there's a tiny section of skin impression (Which I've gone and highlighted in red) but I could be wrong? any help would be much appreciated... Thanks! Ryan. here are some pictures- 2 replies
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Can a partial tooth or tooth shard be correctly Id'd as a T-Rex?
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My son and I recently started an education non-profit using fossils. Since the little kids love dinosaurs, we decided to include them in our programs. I do not know much about Dinosaur fossils but I am trying learning on the fly. There is no way we can pick up a full tooth or large bone from a T-Rex. our purchasing power is limited. I did find a dealer that has several partial teeth or tooth shards listed as T-Rex. They are affordable for us and did come from Hell Creek. I am apprehensive about buying any of them though because I do not want to drop any money on something called a T-Rex unless I can be fairly certain that is what it is. I do not possess enough knowledge to ID a partial tooth nor do I know if you even can correctly identify a tooth shard. I will put to this those here with far more knowledge than I have.... Can you ID a tooth shard as T-Rex and if that is possible, what would you look for ? Thank you in advance for any help that I can get- 12 replies
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I am purchasing this dinosaur tooth from niger. I was told that it’s afrovenator, but that’s not possibly since teeth haven’t been identified from them yet. Anyone know what this could be?
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I received this Kem Kem ilium in the post today. It's a rather nice piece, if a little nibbled and in need of quite a lot of prep. As far as I can see, it's totally original with no restoration, but one repaired crack. It was described as a juvenile spinosaurus ilium. I always take such descriptions with a very large pinch of salt. Obviously there were plenty of other dinosaurs in Kem Kem, so I suppose it could be from a fully-grown, but smaller species. I am confident that it's dinosaur and not crocodile, since croc iliums tend to be stockier, with the socket closed at one side. But I can't find any exact parallels to this one. Has anybody seen anything like it? I know I may not be able to narrow it down, but I thought I'd give it a shot.
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Please look at these pictures of a dinosaur bone I bought not so long ago. Seller says it's from Duriatitan humerochristatus(a british Titanosaur),but it is from a different location to the other Duriatian remains and is not a very well preserved bone. It's from Abington, Oxon, UK Kimmeridge clay. Please write your opinions Thanks!
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9 Dinosaur eggs nest fossils. Found in Nanxiong Formation, Jiangxi, China. Size 46 × 35cm Weight 21kg.
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A chunk and a slice of dinosaur coprolites bought at a nearby rock store. Species, location, and age unknown. Despite being what they are, they both have a nice red coloring.- 1 comment
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I’m just an outdoorsman that picks up things when I think they’re neat or different looking. That being said, I found this thing several years ago, wondered over it a while, and then stuck it in a box. Saw it again tonight and got to doing a little research on what it might be and the closest match I came up with was a dinosaur tooth. So I’m asking if that is indeed what it is, or if it’s just a very toothy looking rock of some sort? Either way, I think it’s pretty interesting and would appreciate any best guesses or insight as to what it is. I found it in a wash, maybe 10-15 feet below the surrounding terrain. As best I can remember it was just laying there with some other rocks, a shard of native pottery, and some rusty thing I never identified. This is in upstate South Carolina, Abbeville County, USA. If any further info would help I would be glad to provide it. Just not sure what is needed, even after reading several of the “before you post” threads. But here goes...
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Bought this specimen as a crocodile jaw section a while ago, it is from Turonian of Bissekty formation, Uzbekistan. Teeth were definitely conical, which fits only two groups in that area - sauropods and crocodiles, but recently after looking at some skulls I noticed that it really doesn't fit crocodile skulls - both Alligatorid and Pholidosaurid. What it seems to fit, is a titanosaur sauropod maxilla (Tapuiasaurus macedoi skull on the pictures below). Please confirm if I am imagining things here or (hopefully) not @LordTrilobite @Troodon And an Alligator skull for comparison
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Howdy Partners Wanted your opinion on whether or not this fossil is real or fake. The fossil is labeled "Centrosaurus bone" from the Judith River Formation. Thanks everybody Happy Holidays
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Good Day, This is my first ID post. I have had this specimen for about 30 years or so, and I have been told that it is likely a dinosaur egg. have not had any professionals look at it as of yet. I found it in the San Antonio, Texas area, near a dry riverbed. When I found it, it was whole, and we broke it open thinking it was a geode. It was not a geode, but it was very interesting so I kept it. It is about 8" across, and there are some keys in the photo for size comparison. The edge (shell) does seem to be a different makeup than the middle (egg white) section and the embryo at the center. I have seen that the shell should have micro holes so that the egg can breathe. I have several photos that I will be uploading. It may take more than one post. I have reduced the size, but I did not want to make them too small. Let me know what you all think. Looking forward to some interesting replies. Thank you, Rick Powell, San Antonio, TX