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Ancient Shark phoebodus was eel like and resembled frilled sharks. More than one skeletal element was found in the mountains in Morocco. https://m.phys.org/news/2019-10-skeletal-phoebodus-morocco.html
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Hi Folks! This is a tough one. A friend of mine saw my recent Green River Formation acquisitions and it made him curious about his own fish fossil. I told him that I would try to get an ID for it. He has very little info on it - he got it at a flea market in Massachusetts for $2. The seller was from Morocco and he was also selling other Moroccan minerals and fossils. So, I think the fish is from Morocco. This is the only photo he has of it at the moment. Does anyone have any idea what this fish is? Thanks!
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Hello! I have been offered these claw and vertebrae. Do you think I can make a finger with them? I think the two medium vertebrae are from hand finger. Thank you so much!
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From the album: Marine reptiles and mammals
Basilosaur(us?) frontal lower jaw seyction, from Boujdour, in Morocco. Hopefully the species can be distinguished with some more info -
From the album: Marine reptiles and mammals
Almost the entire frontal canine portion of the lower jaw of a Basilosaur. As you can see, the area where the absent front canines were, at the tip of the piece is visible, as well as where the missing last canines were situated. Although it was labeled as a Basilosaurus, I’m a little hesitant to consider that the case until I can personally corroborate the information. Apparently from Boujdour, I’m just having trouble finding information about which whales are, or are not found there, so until then I’ll leave it more open with just Basilosaur. -
Hello, On the internet I found and bought this fossil fish scale from the Kem Kem formation. Unfortunately, I do not know which fish she comes from, as she looks different than any other fish scales from Kem Kem that I know. A box on the sheet is 5x5mm, the scale is ca. 1,7cm long. I hope you can help me with that. Thank you in advance, Jesco
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I'm not knowledgeable much about fish this was collected in January from goulmima only now got to prepping it fully any ideas? It's 9.8cm long the skull looks to be crushed deformed.
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Someone online is selling this as a 'raptor claw'. Does anyone have any idea what it might really be? I suspect it's a piece of Kem Kem fish skull. The seller insists that it's a raptor claw.
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Hello! Can you help me for ID this claw? It is from kem kem. The seller told me that it has not restoration. Thank you so much
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Anybody have any idea on the indentification and age for this bivalve? Purchased online ex china (was advertised as from the "Devonian of Yunnan", but is clearly from younger deposits of Morocco). I have found conflicting ages on the net: either Cretaceous or Eocene. Some say from the Dakhla region others from the Essouria region.
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From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
An extremely rare Cretoxyrhina mantelli w/ cusplets from a new site in Morocco. -
From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
An extremely rare Cretoxyrhina mantelli w/ cusplets from a new site in Morocco. -
As I'm forever on the look out for unidentified theropod teeth, just thought I'd pop this one up for a second/third opinion. It's listed online as Carcharodontosaurus, but I'm not 100% feeling it. The base width appears to be quite narrow, and the serrations seem to strongly increase in size towards the apex. The larger denticles almost look chisel shaped and there's an apparent lack of interdental succuli present too. Probably just positional variation of a Carch, but always worth a double check. Length is approx. 3.5cm. There are sadly no photos of the cross sectional view. Close up of distal denticles:
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From the album: Pisces
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From the album: Pisces
3cm. Eocene From Khouribga, Morocco -
From the album: Vertebrates
Thorectichthys rhadinus Murray & Wilson, 2013 Upper Cretaceous Cenomanian / Turonian Akrabou Formation Gara es Sbâa Agoult Morocco Length 5cm / 2" Murray & Wilson described two Thorectichthys species from Gara es Sbâa: T. marocensis with a very pronounced body depth and T. rhadinus (from “rhadinos” meaning slender, tapering or lithe) in reference to the body depth being much less than in T. marocensis. These fish are quite often mistakenly offered as Satericthys sp or Triplomystus sp. Lit.: Two new paraclupeid fishes (Clupeomorpha: Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. Mesozoic Fishes 5 – Global Diversity and Evolution, G. Arratia, H.-P. Schultze & M. V. H. Wilson (eds.): pp. 267-290, 8 figs., 2 tabs., 2 apps.-
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From the album: Cephalopods Worldwide
11.5cm. Early Turonian Late Cretaceous From Asfla, Goulmima, Atlas mountains, Morocco You can see the siphuncle in the bottom photo.-
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Hi, I recently acquired this eroded, agatized vert, collected in Morocco. It was sold as a theropod, but a friend thinks it’s a crocodilian. Is there any way to tell? Thanks!
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Fake Megalodon Tooth ? and Others
Cdfossil posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Good Morning everyone, I have a toddler who recently got very much into dinosaurs and fossils which eventually brought back all my childhood afflictions and memories to same. We stopped my a small fossil shop near Austin where we both went crazy with all the variety. Needless to say he got some very nice, small items. I spent quite a lot on a few pieces with the hype and childhood yearn to always have in possession a few Real items. Upon our arrival at home and in closer inspection as well as researching online, I'm not sure if I purchased authentic fossils. PLEASE HELP ME! My first post with is a Megalodon Tooth that he said was fused on a crack. I’ll post some others thereafter.
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hi there I could use some assistance with a pair of bone IDs. They're Cretaceous, reptile, from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco. Any help would be appreciated. I think the smaller of the two is a tibia? The second bone is in a reply to this post
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From the album: Echinodermata
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Pterosaurs of the Kem Kem Beds, more than just Coloborhynchus and Alanqa.
Sassy PaleoNerd posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Pterosaur Fossils are a rarity, and few ever are on the public market, but the Pterosaurs from the Kem Kem Beds are seen most commonly on the market, this is rather not due to an unusally high Pterosaur abundance, but rather because almost every Fossil is being collected at this locality. Currently, there are 4 named species from the Kem Kem Beds, but the actual number is far higher. The Named Taxa are Alanqa saharica, Xericeps curvirostris, Sirrocopteryx morrocanus and Coloborhynchus fluviferox. Some unnamed ones im allowed to talk about are the Kem Kem Tapejarid, a small Chaoyangopterid species and a 3rd Ornithocheirid. The small Chaoyangopterid originally was identified as a Pteranodontid, but it is a Chaoyangopterid. There are up to 4 more Pterosaurs from this Locality, but I am not allowed to talk about them, all of them Azhdarchoids though. The 3rd Ornithocheirid wont affect the identification of any of the Ornithocheirid teeth, but that's all I can say. Sirrocopteryx and Coloborhynchus The Identification of Pterosaur Teeth from Kem Kem has recently become impossible to the genus level, for the most part that. C. fluviferox is a gigantic Ornithocheirid, and any Teeth of greater size might be referable to it, cf. Coloborhynchus fluviferox. Another thing notable is that the Identification can be restricted to a subfamily, Coloborhynchinae indet. instead of Ornithocheiridae/Anhangueridae indet., although this is rather Nitpicky. Alanqa and Xericeps Both of these Taxa are primarily known from Mandible and Rostral Tips, identification of these is rather easy, with the one of Alanqa being triangular in crossection, and the ones of Xericeps curving upward. Loads of Postcrania is also often refered the either of the two, referal is inconclusive though, especially considering there are more than just those two. The Chaoyangopterid and Tapejarid I have never seen either two on sale, but I will be mentioning them further too. The Tapejarid is a large Taxon related to Sinopterus, it's the first image. But there is more Material I cant mention. The small Chaoyangopterid is just a mandible fragment, but it has a rather deep crest. What about the Dsungaripterid? The Material of the Dsungaripterid most likely represents Xericeps.
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I bought this at a show from a dealer. Curious as to if we could pin down what kind of dino this might have belonged to? Thanks!
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From the album: Marine reptiles and mammals
A cool Moroccan mosasaur bone pile I acquired, sadly the matrix is so soft the piece broke in transit, but thankfully the splits missed all but 1 smaller bone. I'm considering just removing them from the matrix, and maybe mounting them in the same positions again, but I haven't decided yet. *more info to follow
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