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Red Flag on Moroccan Material
Troodon posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Some very large +5" Rooted Mosasaur teeth and Jaws are being offered for sale. The crowns appear to have been reattached and may be a composite. This is not your typical white fill that you normally see from Morocco but a darker blend to be more natural and not stand out. Typical of the type of work that you now see coming from Spain. Unfortunately there is no mention of any repair done to these items. More reason to me even more attentive with any Moroccan material. Use caution if interested and post your desires here before you purchase A sampling of the teeth being offered..... Tooth 2 Tooth 3.thumb.jpg.9917887913ab728374cb5b6afd60f4cf.jpg)
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A friend who I'm with who loves minerals found this on the road near alnif but it's something we have both never seen before and was hoping for some clues or maybe an id. Thanks Matt
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So you see from Morocco (Ouled Abdoun, late paleocene- early Eocene?) These funky looking Cow sharks called Weltonia ancistrodon. Though I don’t own one, I still have questions about it. The questions I have are the following: 1) There are always lowers. Never, not once, have I seen for sale an upper. Where are they? What do they look like? What about Symphyseals? 2) Have they ever been found anywhere else? I find it hard to believe they only come from the one site. 3) what is the purpose of the weird blade? Any papers on this?
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Hello, calling to all experts on Moroccan fossils - are these fossils real? Kasia
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This is a continuation of the previous threads about the Plesiosaur jaw (Found near Goulmima, Morocco) that was for sale.... So i was thinking about the teeth that came with the jaw i bought, i asked a plesiosaur expert and he believes that the teeth look like they are from a Pliosaur as they don't seem to match Zarafasaura or Thililua. The teeth however, are quite slender (the bigger one is 1.5 inches and the smaller is around 1 inch), so i wanted to ask about any diagnostic features on either of the teeth that can help describe it to family level - especially since the teeth were associated with the jaw and if i can narrow down the teeth, then the jaw can be narrowed down too. Any ideas?
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Hey. @JohnBrewer kindly gave me this little tooth as a bonus to go with my Tyrannosaurid indet tooth (I will soon be posting it on my latest mailbox score thread ) I was wondering if it was a Spino or a Croc tooth. They look quite similar. To me it looks like a juvenile spino but I could be wrong. Really don’t know. It is 1,5cm. Here are some pictures. What do you think? Regards.
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I have a few teeth here that i could you some help identifying! I'm thinking between a Crocodile or Raptor for the first tooth posted (includes photo of each side). The second photo contains multiple teeth that look to be from the same organism, however i have no clue as to what it could be. All of these teeth are from the Kem Kem Beds of Taouz, Morocco. The single (Crocodile/Raptor?) tooth is .53" (14 mm) long by .31" (8 mm) wide by .2" (5 mm) thick.
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Hi, So i have another question. Just saw this on our favourite auction website (no surprise there), listed as a Carcharodontosaurus dorsal. It is 9.25 inches long and not sure exactly what diagnostic features to look out for. Can anyone help narrow down what it could be. Also is there any red flags to watch out for - the seller says there are some glued and filled fractures but wondering if anything has been fabricated (looks almost too nice). Thanks.
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Hi, Saw this hand claw for sale and wanted to know if it is real. I am a bit suspicious because the tip has a different texture to the back half of the claw. Not sure if there is any repair/restoration but wanted to check to make sure that it isn't a composite. The claw is 4.8cm long and from the Kem Kem (this is the only information the seller has listed). Thanks.
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Kem Kem Dinosaur Offerings
Troodon posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
These bones from the Kem Kem Beds of Morocco are being offered for sale as Spinosaurus Phalanx Toe Bones. They appear to be carpals, hand bones, and most likely from one of the Spinosaurid's in that fauna. Please note that I've yet to find any technical paper that describes any Spinosaurid hand bones The seller indicates only some glued and fill fractures however the excessive matrix on both these carpals might indicate otherwise. The distal end of the carpal on the right appears to have lots of "fill".thumb.jpg.2a3d267ea47edac2318d335ab2d47362.jpg)
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How fake are these starfish?
PaleoSHAZZ posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
This “fossil” is already in my collection, but I just wanted to confirm that it was inauthentic.
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I recently obtained some large, but pretty ugly chunks of bone from the Kem Kem formation. Given that they seem to have no identifiable features, I don't imagine they could be easily identified. However, one has these depressions visible on it, and I wondered whether anyone might know what they are? Close up of the depressions. This is the other side of the bone. They don't look like teeth marks to by uneducated eyes, nor the borings that you typically see on marine rocks (which these aren't, of course). I'm also not convinced they can be the series of depressions that you sometimes see on crocodile bone, although I'm quite willing to be told I'm wrong. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be interested to hear them.
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Just a few bits that I received yesterday, some of which may be of interest to fans of Moroccan fossils. Firstly, a box full of the ubiquitous hybodontid shark fin spines (or 'spin fines', as I often call them during my less lucid moments). Common Kem Kem finds, but I do like them. The coin for scale in the middle is a shiny British fivepence, which is 18mm across, or 0.72/inch. Most of them need some prep, especially this beast, which may test my prep abilities, given how encrusted it is and how delicate these are. Secondly though, are these Crinoid float bulbs. I've never knowingly seen these before. Apparently, according to dealers online, they are from the Erfoud region. I can't find a great deal of information about how they actually functioned, but I'll have a little search of the scientific literature when I get the chance. The idea seems to be that they either floated on the top of the sea, allowing the crinoid to travel great distances, or they were temporarily anchored to the sea floor. Either way, they are magnificent things. Surface texture of the above specimen. Specimen #2 Specimen #3. As they are hollow, they have beautiful crystal growths on the inside, which can be seen when they break.
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Can anyone please assist with an ID on this? It's a large, flat-ish thing, broken into a number of chunks. Two of the bits go together, but the rest doesn't seem to, though I strongly suspect that they were found together (they were sent to me together in a box with a load of random bone fragments). It's large, and very crumbly. It's about ready to fall to bits, so I plan on stabilising it as soon as possible. The inner texture is very distinctive. I've been trying to think of things it could be. I have very similar chunks around here somewhere, but nothing this big. Sorry the pictures are so poor, but it's not very detailed to begin with.
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From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Harpoceras falcifer Ammonite Morocco Jurassic Period (201.3-145 million years ago) Harpoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the family Hildoceratidae. These cephalopods existed in the Jurassic period, during Toarcian age from Falciferum zone to Commune subzone of Bifrons zone. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. Shells of Harpoceras species show strong dimorphism in their size. While microconchs reach 24–51 mm in diameter, macroconchs shells width is 115–430 mm. They are moderately evolute to involute and compressed. Whorl sides are flat and there is strong keel. Ribs are falcoid or falcate and thus biconcave, strong and projected. Sometimes, ribs can be broad and flat topped on outer part of whorl and in some species they can be striate on inner part of whorl. Some species have midlateral groove, or series of undulating depressions on inner half of whorl. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Early Jurassic rocks of Europe, Northern Africa, Russia, Japan, Borneo, New Zealand, Indonesia, North and South America. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: †Ammonoidea Order: †Ammonitida Suborder: †Ammonitina Superfamily: †Hildoceratoidea Family: †Hildoceratidae Subfamily: †Harpoceratinae Genus: †Harpoceras Species: †falciferum -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Harpoceras falcifer Ammonite Morocco Jurassic Period (201.3-145 million years ago) Harpoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the family Hildoceratidae. These cephalopods existed in the Jurassic period, during Toarcian age from Falciferum zone to Commune subzone of Bifrons zone. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. Shells of Harpoceras species show strong dimorphism in their size. While microconchs reach 24–51 mm in diameter, macroconchs shells width is 115–430 mm. They are moderately evolute to involute and compressed. Whorl sides are flat and there is strong keel. Ribs are falcoid or falcate and thus biconcave, strong and projected. Sometimes, ribs can be broad and flat topped on outer part of whorl and in some species they can be striate on inner part of whorl. Some species have midlateral groove, or series of undulating depressions on inner half of whorl. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Early Jurassic rocks of Europe, Northern Africa, Russia, Japan, Borneo, New Zealand, Indonesia, North and South America. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: †Ammonoidea Order: †Ammonitida Suborder: †Ammonitina Superfamily: †Hildoceratoidea Family: †Hildoceratidae Subfamily: †Harpoceratinae Genus: †Harpoceras Species: †falciferum -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Harpoceras falcifer Ammonite Morocco Jurassic Period (201.3-145 million years ago) Harpoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the family Hildoceratidae. These cephalopods existed in the Jurassic period, during Toarcian age from Falciferum zone to Commune subzone of Bifrons zone. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. Shells of Harpoceras species show strong dimorphism in their size. While microconchs reach 24–51 mm in diameter, macroconchs shells width is 115–430 mm. They are moderately evolute to involute and compressed. Whorl sides are flat and there is strong keel. Ribs are falcoid or falcate and thus biconcave, strong and projected. Sometimes, ribs can be broad and flat topped on outer part of whorl and in some species they can be striate on inner part of whorl. Some species have midlateral groove, or series of undulating depressions on inner half of whorl. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Early Jurassic rocks of Europe, Northern Africa, Russia, Japan, Borneo, New Zealand, Indonesia, North and South America. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: †Ammonoidea Order: †Ammonitida Suborder: †Ammonitina Superfamily: †Hildoceratoidea Family: †Hildoceratidae Subfamily: †Harpoceratinae Genus: †Harpoceras Species: †falciferum -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Harpoceras falcifer Ammonite Morocco Jurassic Period (201.3-145 million years ago) Harpoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the family Hildoceratidae. These cephalopods existed in the Jurassic period, during Toarcian age from Falciferum zone to Commune subzone of Bifrons zone. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. Shells of Harpoceras species show strong dimorphism in their size. While microconchs reach 24–51 mm in diameter, macroconchs shells width is 115–430 mm. They are moderately evolute to involute and compressed. Whorl sides are flat and there is strong keel. Ribs are falcoid or falcate and thus biconcave, strong and projected. Sometimes, ribs can be broad and flat topped on outer part of whorl and in some species they can be striate on inner part of whorl. Some species have midlateral groove, or series of undulating depressions on inner half of whorl. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Early Jurassic rocks of Europe, Northern Africa, Russia, Japan, Borneo, New Zealand, Indonesia, North and South America. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: †Ammonoidea Order: †Ammonitida Suborder: †Ammonitina Superfamily: †Hildoceratoidea Family: †Hildoceratidae Subfamily: †Harpoceratinae Genus: †Harpoceras Species: †falciferum -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Harpoceras falcifer Ammonite Morocco Jurassic Period (201.3-145 million years ago) Harpoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the family Hildoceratidae. These cephalopods existed in the Jurassic period, during Toarcian age from Falciferum zone to Commune subzone of Bifrons zone. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. Shells of Harpoceras species show strong dimorphism in their size. While microconchs reach 24–51 mm in diameter, macroconchs shells width is 115–430 mm. They are moderately evolute to involute and compressed. Whorl sides are flat and there is strong keel. Ribs are falcoid or falcate and thus biconcave, strong and projected. Sometimes, ribs can be broad and flat topped on outer part of whorl and in some species they can be striate on inner part of whorl. Some species have midlateral groove, or series of undulating depressions on inner half of whorl. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Early Jurassic rocks of Europe, Northern Africa, Russia, Japan, Borneo, New Zealand, Indonesia, North and South America. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: †Ammonoidea Order: †Ammonitida Suborder: †Ammonitina Superfamily: †Hildoceratoidea Family: †Hildoceratidae Subfamily: †Harpoceratinae Genus: †Harpoceras Species: †falciferum -
Hey folks, Thought I'd run it by the forum experts as to whether you agree with the Carcharodontosaurid label for my new acquisition (which it was sold as)? Locality is the usual Kem Kem beds, Morocco. Serration density- Mesial: 10/5mm Distal: 9/5mm Distal serrations run to the base, while the mesial serrations end about 3/4 of the way down the carinae. It's a chunky little thing, but I gather Carch teeth can occasionally be on the more robust side....but I'll let you judge: Side Views: Base: Distal: Mesial:
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Hello! I am NOT making much progress with this one. I still get a bit confused working with these! This piece is from Morocco - and a large one! I'd be thrilled to get to Genus - but Order & Family would be GREAT! Sadly, My AMMONITE book has not yet arrived and the material I DO have is not helping me much. (I read... THIS suture pattern is indicative of THIS type, but it can also have these OTHER patterns). All help appreciated! Still learning a lot from the posts I am reading, and I enjoy this forum very much!
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So this is what i have been offered the first I believe to be a caudal vert and the second is what i need help with the most.
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Any ideas folks? Kem kem matrix. Cube is 1cm3 @LordTrilobite @Troodon @Tidgy's Dad
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From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Rugose Horn Coral Morocco Devonian age (~400 million years ago) The Rugosa, also called the Tetracorallia, are an extinct order of solitary and colonial corals that were abundant in Middle Ordovician to Late Permian seas. Solitary rugosans (e.g., Caninia, Lophophyllidium, Neozaphrentis, Streptelasma) are often referred to as horn corals because of a unique horn-shaped chamber with a wrinkled, or rugose, wall. Some solitary rugosans reached nearly a meter in length. However, some species of rugose corals could form large colonies (e.g., Lithostrotion). When radiating septa were present, they were usually in multiples of four, hence Tetracoralla in contrast to modern Hexacoralla, colonial polyps generally with sixfold symmetry. Rugose corals have a skeleton made of calcite that is often fossilized. Like modern corals (Scleractinia), rugose corals were invariably benthic, living on the sea floor or in a reef-framework. Some symbiotic rugose corals were endobionts of Stromatoporoidea, especially in the Silurian period. Rugose corals will also always have a columella, an axial rod which supports the septa running up the center of the corallite. It is present in rugose corals because they were mainly solitary and so required the extra support. Tabulate corals have no columella because they were always colonial and relied on the support of neighboring corallites. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Anthozoa Subclass: †Rugosa (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1850) -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Rugose Horn Coral Morocco Devonian age (~400 million years ago) The Rugosa, also called the Tetracorallia, are an extinct order of solitary and colonial corals that were abundant in Middle Ordovician to Late Permian seas. Solitary rugosans (e.g., Caninia, Lophophyllidium, Neozaphrentis, Streptelasma) are often referred to as horn corals because of a unique horn-shaped chamber with a wrinkled, or rugose, wall. Some solitary rugosans reached nearly a meter in length. However, some species of rugose corals could form large colonies (e.g., Lithostrotion). When radiating septa were present, they were usually in multiples of four, hence Tetracoralla in contrast to modern Hexacoralla, colonial polyps generally with sixfold symmetry. Rugose corals have a skeleton made of calcite that is often fossilized. Like modern corals (Scleractinia), rugose corals were invariably benthic, living on the sea floor or in a reef-framework. Some symbiotic rugose corals were endobionts of Stromatoporoidea, especially in the Silurian period. Rugose corals will also always have a columella, an axial rod which supports the septa running up the center of the corallite. It is present in rugose corals because they were mainly solitary and so required the extra support. Tabulate corals have no columella because they were always colonial and relied on the support of neighboring corallites. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Anthozoa Subclass: †Rugosa (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1850)
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