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Hi, Am I right that this is Carinodens? It looks Carinodens, been narrow, but its best to check on here just in case. Thanks
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This paper by Roy Smith et al. looks at small and immature pterosaurs finds in the Kem Kem Group and their implications. The abstract states the a sampling bias exists and makes the following comment: "Histological analysis suggests that very small/small morphs are immature individuals rather than species in which adults were small-bodied." Unfortunately the paper is paywalled but this must raise to question how many of the smaller pterosaurs species that are named in the KK were early ontogenetic stages of larger pterosaurs. Not surprised considering that there are 10 named and one indeterminate pterosaurs in the KK. The authors include Ibrahim and Martill so it adds creditability to its publication Paper Paywalled https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667121003098
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Is this Spinosaurus tooth real? It’s 4.88”
DardS8Br posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Is this Spinosaurus tooth real? I am slightly suspicious of it, but am not experienced enough to tell
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Mosasaur skull...real or a fabrication??
fossil_lover_2277 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi all, I saw this mosasaur skull online for sale, curious...is it the real deal, or a fake? It’s from Morocco. I think it’s real best as I can tell, but I’m sure there are some good fakes out there, and I don’t know how to tell for sure without using a microscope...really need some help on this one. **update: I bid on it and won, so I hope it’s real..pretty sure it is..
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I purchased a large (3.35"), partially exposed Moroccan Otodus obliquus tooth in matrix a few months ago with the intent of prepping it out and, hopefully, revealing a complete tooth. Having never prepped a fossil before, I consulted some TFF threads for suggestions on tools, before ultimately settling on a pocket scriber. I neglected to take a photo of the original fossil before I did any prep, but here's one from the seller: When the tooth arrived, I scraped a small amount of the matrix away, but I didn't get all that far before setting the tooth aside on my desk. And there it sat for the next 3.5 months. I finally picked up the project again yesterday, with the goal of finishing it off. Estimating the extent of the buried tooth, I first worked to carve out a buffer area around the fossil. I then progressively lowered the base of the matrix with the scriber. (The background is a pizza box that I was using as my work area on the porch.) I experimented a couple of times with wetting the matrix where I was scraping. This made the matrix a tad softer and easier to scrape away, but also resulted in mud that made it more difficult to see what I was doing. Ultimately, it was easier to work with the piece dry so that I could blow away the dust as I went. As I slowly removed more matrix, I finally got a glimpse of the other cusplet. With further prep, the cusplet fully came into view--present and intact. After exposing the cusplet, I continued to expose the rest of the root. To complete the prep, I ran the side of the scriber back and forth along the newly exposed matrix to smooth it out. This worked pretty well in terms of the finish, although applying pressure in this way resulted in the scriber itself bending a bit out of shape. Luckily, it's an inexpensive tool. Below is the final prepped tooth. It is ever so slightly longer now (3.39") than what I was able to measure when the root was only partially exposed. Here's the full piece zoomed out: In clearing matrix from the root, I was a bit too hasty at times, resulting in a few small nicks or scratches, but overall, I'm quite pleased with how this turned out. Thanks for looking!
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Guessing game again: coprolite, a claw, a vertebra, and a big whatever?
zsoltsandor posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello, thanks for the first batch of fish scales yesterday. I!ve dug up a few more stuff from out storage room. This batch has some weird pieces. the first couple looks like some broken piece of... coprolite to me. The surface, the shape suggest some quite compact dropping, although that hole in the is odd compared to the crocodila coprolites we have. Poopstone or not? The second weirdo looks like a claw to me, but could also be a less perfectly conserved Onchopristis tooth? The third piece looks like some vertebra to my untrained eye, maybe somewhere around the tail end? And last but not least, the fourth looks like some bigger bony structure, but I have no clue what it could be. (Tried to shoot with super macro on my Mate 20 Pro, I hope you get the details.)
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Hello, I am browsing through the goods of a former museum shop, and apparently we have a bunch of fossils from Morocco, but we are not sure about their identity (our expertise is more in minerals and gems). The photos attached are the first batch I would like to identify, we have the most amount of these. To my untrained eye, they look like some teeth, maybe some incisors? Herbivore, or carnivore? Thanks for your help with identifying these pieces!
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Hello Members, do you think these crinoids are the real deal? How to recognize fake one? Thank you in advance
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This bone has not been identified. I think it may be the leg bone of mosasaur or plesiosaur. Do you have any opinions? It comes from the Cretaceous period in Morocco
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I bought these fossil wood years ago. I think these may be from Madagascar not sure of age though. Does anyone know?
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Hi, I feel this is a silly question to ask, since I should know by now how to identify Pliosaur teeth, and I am mostly certain this in indeed a Pliosaur tooth but anytime I am going to spend plenty of money on a fossil, I feel like I should just spend a minute making a thread on this forum just to confirm. The tooth is 4cm in length & comes from the Akrabou Formation in Morocco (a little bit of restoration on one side which the seller has made clear about). Thank you!
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Real Carcharodontosaurus tooth with no repair or restoration?
Kurvinosaurus posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi All! I am new to fossil collecting and I recently bought a Carcharodontosaurus tooth from an online fossil store. I just want to double check with more experienced people to see if the tooth looks real and is as described by the seller. The description said it is from the Kem Kem deposits of Morocco, and has no repair or restoration. The tooth is one and 1/16 inches long. Thank you for your help!
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I recently purchased some more Moroccan fossils, including several shark teeth...I tried IDing them on my own, here are my guesses (scale is in inches; 1 inch = 2.5 cm), am I close? I don’t have much experience IDing Eocene teeth, so I’m not sure. Thanks!!! 1. Otodus obliquus 2. Cretolamna appendiculata 3. Cretolamna aschersoni 4. Striatolamia macrota 5. Jaekelotodus spp. 6. Brachycarcharias atlasi 7. Tooth I have no idea on (had cusps but they broke off) 8. Jaw bone section I have no idea on 9. Fossil I have no idea on
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Dear All, I am a newbie in fossil collection and I would like to purchase a claw. I found these two Spinosaur Claw? Do you guys see any red flags? Are they real? Thank you in advance
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I attended the 2019 Tucson show and a Moroccan dealer had a strange partial spike for sale. Purchased it and thought it might be ankylosaurian. Well a paper was just published that identifies it as the oldest Ankylosaur known, Spicomellus afer. From the El Mers III formation where the oldest Stegosaurus was found. It differs from all other known armoured dinosaurs that these spikes are fused on the dorsal ribs, pretty cool critter. Paper (paywalled but it opened up for me) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-021-01553-6 Articles https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/bizarre-armoured-spikes-belong-to-oldest-ankylosaur-ever-discove.ht https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58657862 https://news.sky.com/story/life-finds-a-way-unusual-fossil-found-in-morocco-is-new-species-of-dinosaur-12415509 Photo from @Dinocollector who asked about this one last year
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Hello everyone, I need help to identify this fossil, it was found in morocco near essaouira in a meeting point between a river and the atlantic ocean, I was told that it's a mammoth tooth but I'm not sure, thank you in advance.
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Hello, I am looking for thoughts on whether the specimens (photos attached) are real please. Thank you in advance.
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Basilosaurus is it real?
Jurassicz1 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I saw this for sale on a well known site. Seller says its a frontal tooth of a Basilosaurus from Dakhla, Morocco, Late Eocene, Should I buy it?
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From the album: Prae's Collection (REMPC)
Crow Shark Teeth Squalicorax pristodontus Cretaceous, Maastrichtian Oulad Abdoun Basin Oued Zem, Morocco -
From the album: Prae's Collection (REMPC)
Crow Shark Teeth Squalicorax pristodontus Cretaceous, Maastrichtian Oulad Abdoun Basin Oued Zem, Morocco-
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Here is a tooth I acquired recently acquired. It was mixed in with a bunch of the usual kem kem stuff, gar scales, sawfish barbs, small damaged spino and croc teeth ect. This tooth stood out so I got it and wonder if anyone has any clues? The mesial serrations are smaller than the distal side and they stop about a quarter of the way up the tooth. About 13mm long base is 8 mm from distal to medial and 5 to 6 mm from lingual to labial end.
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Hello everyone, I bought a bucket of small shark teeth from a fossil dealer in my country many years ago. The tag on it says it’s from morocco, khouribga, and the age is Eocene, Cenozoic. I found it when I was cleaning my room last week, and I started trying to identify them. I guess that 1st and 3rd one is carcharias, 2nd one is striatolamia, and the 4th one is cretolamna. If these conjectures are obviously wrong, I’m very sorry about that. In my country, there is no research on this subject and these sharks don’t even have an official name. Thanks for your help. (The measurement standard is centimeters and sorry for my poor English expression.)
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Meteorite Hunters in Morocco - it's not just for fossils.
Bone Daddy posted a topic in Rocks & Minerals
"Meteorite hunters in Morocco" a 45-min journalistic video about the science and trade of meteorites in Morocco. It's interesting and worth a watch. I get many of my meteorites from Morocco and the Sahara. Link - -
Hello just introducing myself. This is Alec from Denver I’m just a collector of pretty much all fossils. The last few years I have been collecting mostly fossils from Morocco. I have always been a lurker here and all the information here has been very helpful. I decided to start posting in the hopes to learn even more and hopefully even be able to contribute to new discoveries. Here are just a few examples in my collection.
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Some more Moroccan unknowns
Earendil posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi again! If you saw my thread from yesterday, you'll know I bought some Moroccan fossils for dirt cheap that turned out to be pretty nice. I went to the same dealer today and bought three more for the same price. I suppose I will start with the worst (most suspicious) first: I saw this vertebra and liked how it looked, so I bought it. I'm totally fine with spending $20 for a vert recreation, too, so no big deal if it's fake. What makes me suspicious is the place where it's chipped, it looked like there was paint flaking off. I guess I'm asking, how much of it is real and what is it supposed to be an imitation of? Okay, next is a Globidens tooth and root in matrix. A little beat up, but still cool: Lastly, a weird jaw that I have no clue about. Like I said, I'm not a vertebrate guy. One of the teeth is banged up and looks repaired, but I thought it was cool anyway: Well guys, thanks for looking, I hope you'll find them as interesting as I did! And I said I'd tag @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon, maybe you can help.
