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This supposed real Cretaceous croc from Khourigba, Morocco is up for auction and, uh, isn't this just a painted cast with some real croc teeth thrown in?
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I just got this orthoceras fossil from the atlas mountains if Morocco. I was wondering if they was a formation associated with it? I've got the age, but not the formation, if any. Thanks, Tyler
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I was just wondering what the species for the trilobites are but I’m not sure what the 3rd thing is as it looks like an ammonoid or nautiloids from most angles but it doesn’t have an aphycyus it has an operculum so is it a devils tonail thanks
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I got this tooth mixed in with a bunch of small Moroccan stuff and it struck me as something a little different. To me it bears a striking resemblance to Palaeocarcharodon, without the serrated blade. It doesn’t look right for Otodus or Cretalamna to me, it’s too delicate and thin, very much like Palaeocarcharodon. Any thoughts or suggestions on it identity would be appreciated. Happy newyear! Front and back comparison with early Palaeocarcharodon Side profile comparison with early Palaeocarcharodon
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Just in time for the Holidays... The mysterious isopods from Gara es Sbâa, Morocco, have recently been described: Corbacho, J., Morrison, S. & Alonso, M. 2018 First Mention of Unusuropode castroi Duarte & Santos, 1962 (Crustacea: Isopoda) in the Upper Cretaceous of Gara es Sbâa Lagerstätte, South-Eastern Morocco. Earth Sciences, 7(6):288-292 PDF LINK
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I've been looking at this tooth which is labeled as Deltadromeus agilis from the Kem Kem Basin by the seller. I know labeling teeth as Deltadromeus is iffy due to the lack of skull material, so does anyone have an idea of a possible classification for it? I've tried looking at Troodon's Kem Kem theropod teeth guide but haven't managed to make an ID. Any help would be appreciated!
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Mosasaur Jaws (Platycarpus?)
CSimpson176 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello all, I’m looking to purchase these Mosasaur jaws for a pretty steep price. From what I can tell from them, they look legitimate to me using what I have learned previously from here. But I just want some second opinions by people who have much more expertise than I. These pictures were taken by one of the shop employees, so I apologize for the lack of angles and close shots. Thank you all so much!- 10 replies
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The title explains it but for a little more prepping or starting prep need to know roughly what it is before I can be comfortable in my work appears to have a rather odd placed general spine on the right and the head is not shaped like a holladrops. Thanks in advance Matt
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Lit.: Joan Corbacho, Scott Morrison, Máximo Alonso. First Mention of Unusuropode castroi Duarte & Santos, 1962 (Crustacea: Isopoda) in the Upper Cretaceous of Gara es Sbâa Lagerstätte, South-Eastern Morocco. Earth Sciences. Vol. 7, No. 6, 2018, pp. 288-292. doi: 10.11648/j.earth.20180706.16
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Hi, Father Christmas broughted this cute huge ammonite he found in Morocco, but he forgot its age an name. Any ideas ? Each square of the floor is 2 cm wide.
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Real moroccan trilobites?
Davidevi82 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi all, i contacted a seller from morocco and he sent me these trilo photos. Watching fine details like eyes etc they seem real but i'm newby and i prefer to ask you. Can you also tell me the average price for that species? thank you- 27 replies
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Stylophorans are Echinoderm? (Fezouata Lagerstätte, Morocco)
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Lefebvre, B., Guensburg, T.E., Martin, E.L., Mooi, R., Nardin, E., Nohejlova, M., Saleh, F., Kouraïss, K., El Hariri, K. and David, B., 2018. Exceptionally preserved soft parts in fossils from the Lower Ordovician of Morocco clarify stylophoran affinities within basal deuterostomes. Geobios. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329204055_Exceptionally_preserved_soft_parts_in_fossils_from_the_Lower_Ordovician_of_Morocco_clarify_stylophoran_affinities_within_basal_deuterostomes https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bertrand_Lefebvre2 Other PDF files of papers are: Fatka, O., Nohejlová, M. and Lefebvre, B., 2018. Lapillocystites BARRANDE is the edrioasteroid Stromatocystites POMPECKJ (Cambrian, Echinodermata). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen, 289(2), pp.139-148. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326558585_Lapillocystites_BARRANDE_is_the_edrioasteroid_Stromatocystites_Pompeckj_Cambrian_Echinodermata https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bertrand_Lefebvre2 Makhlouf, Y., Nedjari, A., Dahoumane, A., Nardin, E., Nohejlová, M. and Lefebvre, B., 2018, November. Palaeobiogeographic implications of the first report of the eocrinoid genus Ascocystites Barrande (Echinodermata, Blastozoa) in the Upper Ordovician of the Ougarta Range (Western Algeria). In Annales de Paléontologie. Elsevier Masson. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329138078_Palaeobiogeographic_implications_of_the_first_report_of_the_eocrinoid_genus_Ascocystites_Barrande_Echinodermata_Blastozoa_in_the_Upper_Ordovician_of_the_Ougarta_Range_Western_Algeria https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bertrand_Lefebvre2 Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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Hello!!! I want to buy some trilobites. The seller send me these photos. What do you think? Fakes, good ones, not good? I don’t know nothing about trilobites... Thank you so much!!!!
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So I had been browsing for some new fossils, and stumbled over a nice Moroccan fossil on a seemingly american website. And they're selling this (almost fantastic) fossil, of a part of a skull, allegedly from either a Carcharodontosaurus or a Deltadromeus (Most likely not a delta). But is it legit?
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Just curios as to what species this is I looked at phacops but non seem to have such defined bumps for a better word also the eyes don't match up at least not to the ones I have looked at. Again questioning this id because what is exposed so far is rather small 0.86" by 0.80" and the size of the matrix block is 2.51" by 2.34" Also I am prepping this currently so not fully exposed yet don't know if that will hinder the possibility of confirming an id. Thanks Matt
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Can anyone please offer an opinion on this? The bone appears to be genuine, as far as I can tell, but all but one of the teeth are added in after. The back of the skull seems to be in the wrong position in relation to the frontal bone - does this imply compositing? Something looks 'off' to me, but I haven't seen all that many skulls like this. Combine that with the low-resolution photos and I thought I'd ask for some opinions. Thank you.
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Taxonomy from Khalloufi et al. 2010. So far this fish was only known from Ein Yabrud, Ramallah. Description by Khalloufi et al. 2010, p. 47: "The diamond-shaped body of ca. 70mm in standard length is almost twice higher than long (the standard length represents 51% of the total depth). The axial skeleton comprises 33-34 vertebrae, with abdominalcentra anteroposteriorly constricted. The last abdominal vertebrae possess elongated parapophyses which support small ribs. The posterior predorsal scutes have elongated lateral wings, and the last scute is claw-shaped. The ventral scute series is formed by about 35 scutes with very elongated lateral wings. The scutes located posteriorly to the apex of the ventral profile possess a strong posteriorly oriented spine." Identified by B. Khalloufi, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle Paris. References: B. Khalloufi, R. Zaragüeta-Bagils, and H. Lelièvre (2010) Rhombichthys intoccabilis, gen. et sp. nov. (Ellimmichthyiformes, Clupeomorpha, Teleostei), from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Ein Yabrud, Middle East: anatomical description and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):57-67. Bouziane Khalloufi, Didier B. Dutheil, Paulo M. Brito, Théo Mora and René Zaragüeta Bagils (2017) Mesozoic clupeomorphs of North Africa: diversity and phylogeny. RESEARCH & KNOWLEDGE. Vol. 3 No. 2 page 46-49. DOI: 10.14456/randk.2017.25
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From the album: Bobby’s ammonites
Mamites nodosoides Morocco Hi got this of my good friend and yours @Tidgy's Dad-
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A little collection of assorted mosasaur fossils from 2 different places that I got when I first started collecting. 2 different types of vertebrae, one is mosasaur, and the other is a questionable claim of mosasaur, a corprolite that was claimed to be that of a mosasaur, a tooth, & 7 rib fragments. 2 ribs have predation marks, as well as the large vertebra. The large vert has a round tooth indent on the very center. The 2nd rib down has tooth scratches along the surfaces, & 3rd rib down has a round tooth indent in the center, which is probably what caused a strip across the middle to break off. There are 2 other tooth marks on that rib as well, forming a diagonal line from above left of the center indent, breaking off a piece along the top, to below right.- 6 comments
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2 unidentified mosasaur species' anterior end of premaxillary bones. One with teeth broken off just beyond the skull, and the other has 2 remaining teeth, with the rest broken off at the level of the skull. the larger fossil was found in the phosphate mines of Khouribga, Morocco. ive since lost the information for the smaller fossil, sadly.-
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Unidentified raptor fossil, likely clavicle, from kem kem, in Taouz, Morocco middle Cretaceous 100 mya -
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Unidentified Cretaceous crocodile species, suggested by multiple people, to appear to be a Dyrosaurus, came from the second phosphatic layer of a phosphate mine(what a shocker!)around the suburbs of Khouribga, Morocco. Original teeth, not replacements. Have gone through and cleaned up the base of some of the ones that had some sand around them. -
Zarafasaura Oceanis elasmosaurus sacral(?) vertabrae
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Zarafasaura Oceanis Elasmosaurus sacral(?) vertebrae.-
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