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Hi, one of my Friend found this leg bone in a river bed in Matapedia, Quebec, Canada. After few research, its looks like a metatarsal or a metacarpal from a deer or something like that. The bizarre thing in that case, a Walrus skull was found near the bone.. but its cleary not in the walrus anatomy. Can you help me to indentify this one please, or just, if its a fossil or a modern bone. Thanks !
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I recently purchased this metatarsal that was described as coming from a Spinosaurus. A small piece at the end of the bone (bottom end on the photo) came loose so I had a chance to look inside the bone with a flashlight and noticed the bone is hollow inside. As far as I understand most theropod bones are hollow but Spinosaur bones are said to be very dense, to make it easier for them to submerge into water. Now I'm a little confused, is it possible this isn't a Spinosaur bone but possibly from a Carcharodontosaur? @Troodon?
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Hello, I have had this piece for several years and unfortunately don't remember where it came from but long wondered what it could be. Any guidance or assistance in identifying it would be very appreciated. A very interesting specimen whatever it is.
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Found in the north sulfur river Texas, near Ladonia. Think it is a bone of some sort, any info would be appreciated!
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Pterosaur bone with maybe some repair work?
msantix posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi, I have been offered this Pterosaur bone that looks possibly like a Pterosaur metatarsal but even after getting more photos of the fossil, I am not too sure if there has been work done to it, and this is why I want to post it here and get some opinions before doing anything else. I have some small concerns about the joint part. It comes from the Kem Kem. Thanks and I hope the photos are sufficient to determine how real it is!
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This two Edmontosaurus metatarsals are for sale from a seller I trust however they were unable to tell me which digit of the foot that these come from. Would anybody be able to actually tell the digit from the ? @Troodon
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Bought this Edmontosaurus bone during our trip to Colorado. Per the museum staff, they sell bones too damaged to restore. I was thinking it appears to be a first phalanx but it is fairly damaged (whole ?dorsal aspect is missing surface) and I can't be sure.
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Hey all, Thanks for taking a look here. Does this look dromaeosaurid to you? It's from the hell creek, it's 13" long and a about 1.5" wide and deep. Thanks for your time.
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Out today with a couple of friends. Mostly small teeth but a few Megs and 3 toe bones. Here is the 1st. Late Miocene site with only a few Pleistocene fossils found. I hope to identify mammals with similar bones.
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Recently found in central IL. By pictures, local paleontologist claims metatarsal horse that had been butchered. Fossil? Bone? he also said “it’s been in the ground a long time “ what’s that mean.? as a horse it’s either less than 600 or more than 10000, right?
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Got a bit of a potential challenge here today! I recently bought this little toe bone (phalanx or metatarsal I guess) online. It was cheap, I guess because it doesn't have anything in terms of location/age other than Morrison Formation. It is about 6 cm long, 6-ish on its widest point and about 5 high at the highest point. It is quite heavy and stubby. Slightly distorted at the front and the circular parts at the front are partially worn off. Has a piece knocked out of it. Which is kind of neat because you can see the internal bone structure in that part. But the main question of course is: what species is it? Can't imagine this being theropod and it doesn't really match any pictures of stuff like Allosaurus you can find online. I'm leaning towards Camptosaurus or maybe something like one of the stegosaur species, but can't really pin point it. Hoping you guys can help out! More pics in post below.
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Last years dig season. Fossil was found lying on the ground, no digging. I was saying to myself is that what I think it is, not used to seeing or finding toe bones this large. Measures 17 inches in length. It was in three pieces which fit back together quite nicely. This was in the Lance formation and is complete.
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Hello fossil folks! I am going through my bone collection from last season and would like to identify the five bones pictured. The most interesting one to me is #5 as I believe it is too long to be a horse. Perhaps camel? All of these bones were collected from a river in central Iowa. So far, my wife and I have found prehistoric bison, horse, sloth, mastodon and mammoth bones from the pleistocene period. I am pretty sure these are either Metacarpal or Metatarsal bones. Sorry but I do not have a metric scale for the pictures. I have labeled the bones 1 thru 5 and noted each bone length. Thank you!
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Hi I just bought these two dinosaur fossils from Alberta Canada. A Ceratopsian vert and a Hadrosaur metatarsal. The colouring and look/preservation of the Hadrosaur metatarsal makes me think they didn’t come from the Horseshoe canyon formation like it says but instead the Dinosaur Park formation. since it doesn’t give much information other then the Horseshoe canyon formation it’s possible, Thanks for future help. Ceratopsian vert
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Hello, I have a femur and metatarsal and thanks to this forum, I've been able to use plenty of reference to ID Bison as opposed to Bos with decent confidence. However, I'm wondering if there are any references or tips on identifying species. I hear B. antiquus is tricky to tell from B. bison, but are there consistent size differences? Both were found in Ames, IA in Squaw Creek in sandbars after spring flooding. This femur is 45 cm (~17.5 in) long and the distal is 11 cm (4.5 in) wide. The metatarsal is 20 cm (~8 in) long and 8 cm (3 in) wide.
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From the album: Calvert Cliffs
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Psittacosaurus Leg
The Speeding Carno posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, I was browsing through our favorite auction site and stumbled on a psittacosaurus leg. The seller seems very reliable but I just wanted to make sure. Found in China Cretaceous Approx. 6 in. -
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Shellseeker posted a topic in Partners in Paleontology - Member Contributions to Science
I found this bone 10 days ago , recognized a toe bone, eliminated tapir, but thought it might be Peccary because I had found a peccary molar previous time out. A bad assumption. I sent the 92.7 mm bone into University of Florida fossil Identification service, which usually means Richard Hulbert. He helps me a lot with fossil questions and identifications. I like to return the favor but in most cases, Richard has seen my fossil clones hundreds or thousands of times. YES !!!! YES !!! Found a bone that Richard needs. Time to make a donation... 4th Metatarsals of Castoroides are HARD to find... Photo's of them on the Internet are hard to find... At 3.65 inches, this specimen may be smaller , earlier giant beavers like Castoroides leiseyorum or Castoroides ohioensis dilophidus. Enjoy, I am... Jack
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Hi, I headed out yesterday morning to Bouldnor Cliff on the early morning low tide for what would be a rather "interesting" collecting trip (finger numbingly cold weather followed by getting badly bitten by a loose dog). I picked up some nice pieces including a Bothriodon jaw, and this very nice metatarsal bone. My initial ideas were that it was crocodilian however after doing research online I've seen quite a few similar looking metatarsals in variety of other animals, so I was wondering if anyone would be able to lend a hand in IDing it. It seems to be fairly intact apart from slight damage to the proximal and distal ends. It's 7.5cm long and 0.7cm wide, with a very flat and thin profile. Unfortunately when the dog bit me I dropped my collecting bag smashing the bone in half, so I've had to glue it back together as best I can. Thank you, Theo
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Hey Y'all, I was cleaning some matrix pieces and this was exposed. I think it is an Allodesmus metatarsal but would like other (more informed) opinions on it. Thanks Everyone. Ynot
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Hi everyone! I have another puzzle for you all! I REALLY appreciate your help identifying these bones, and even though I may never know what they really came from it is so interesting to propose and discuss possibilities. The majority of the bones I found this summer (in Montana) were really odd and hard to identify... They all came from roughly the same 5'x5' spot in the same formation. Anyways, this one is no doubt theropod. It's beautiful with awesome preservation aside from the whole 'missing an entire side' thing. Hopefully you can help me out! Thanks so much! More to come... ☺️ -Lauren P.S. Sorry for the white spots. Had to put it back together and haven't painted yet.
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Partial metatarsal of a Theropod dinosaur. Probably from a Dromaeosaurid. Very similar to metatarsal II and IV of Velociraptor.
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Just curious what the general consensus is here for adding color back into specimens that have been faded out. Some of the most common ideas I have heard is furniture polish. I have a hard time believing that there is no company out there that has specific materials for this. I would think that a company like Paleo BOND would have some sort of color products fro people to use. Any help and suggestions would be much appreciated. Sincerely, J
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Hello there! I need your help. I've collected this two in a late Pleistocene conglomerate. This "quarry" has yielded only rancholabrean fauna, horses, mammoth, bison, etc. But I cannot ID this two metacarpals/metatarsals (?)... Can you help me? *The scalebar is on cm. Lateral view Volar(?) view Palmar(?) view
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