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Original piece of Mosasaurus skull
Cris Tang posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
After I rejected the seller’s offer. He sent me another one. And he named it is an original piece. So I upload the photos here. And I hope to ask the opinions again. Hope it won’t bother you all too much. Thank you.
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Id help! I’m not sure if this in an animal skull or just a rock
jwestbury posted a topic in Fossil ID
I have this piece from Central Indiana (Generally the Mississippian or Tertiary/Quatemary). What I find fascinating is that it appears to be a nasal cavity. I’m not sure if it’s coincidence or something of actual interest. I took quite a few pictures some with stronger flash so you can see the difference in the different light.
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Unique find! Partial Triceratops Skull! Thoughts Welcome!
DitraFossil posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Good morning fellow fossil hunters. I have the opportunity to purchase a partial triceratops skull. Below please find the photos. It allegedly has 15-20% restoration and is from Hell Creek. Here are the dimensions: from the top to the back of frill it is 39 inches, and the horns are 23 inches measuring from the inside. It’s 21 inches across and weighs about 100 pounds. It was found by a friend of a friend. Questions: how does it look to you? Is it a juvenile, as the size seems somewhat small to me, but perhaps that is because it is only a partial skull? It is quite expensive so, I wanted to get the thoughts of the forum first!
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Dear Fellow Fossil Fanatics, I just had a great day at Big Brook, found some shark teeth but also 3 specimens that I am not sure at all what to make of. Any insights would be awesome! Best, Huttner
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Good evening I have a Hyracodon skull. Nearly complete, but does have some putty work done to the upper. Excellent teeth. I have two of these and wouldnt mind losing one. I just wanted to see what any of you had to trade of equal value. Not really looking for anything in particualar. Show me what you are willing to trade!
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Just purchased this crocodile skull piece from the Kem Kem, Morocco, I love the bone structure of this piece. I guess it's difficult, but can anyone maybe ID what part of the skull this came from? Size is 10.1 cm (3.98")
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Please see pic. Found 300 fathoms on the ocean floor in Alaska! Looks like cave bear? Thank you!!
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This fossil has many grooves, holes and structures. My only guess is it's a part of a skull of mosasaur or plesiosaur. Any ideas? Or good reference pics of skull parts for comparison? Thanks
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This fossil is from China and has some restorations, but is authentic.which dinosaur is it?
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Holy grail Dunkleosteus terrelli partial skull for my collection
Pliosaur posted a topic in Member Collections
Hello everyone! I wanted to share a holy grail fossil that I have obtained: a partial skull of Dunkleosteus terrelli found in Cleveland Shale, Ohio This specimen has been confirmed by Zerina Johnson, a leading paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of UK as well as James Boyle who is a leading expert in the field and published academic research papers on Dunkleosteus and other placoderms of the Devonian period. Below is an excerpt from James Boyle on the Dunkleosteus partial skull specimen: "Yes, it's most like a Dunkleosteus based on what I can see. You have both anterior dorsal lateral plates of the thoracic armor there. These are the bones that connected with a mobile joint the head and shoulder regions of the armor. The bone to the bottom left is the internal view of the left anterior dorsal lateral plate. The bone under it is the right anterior dorsal lateral plate in external view. The piece that's skewed to the right a bit in the image is part of the left anterior dorsal lateral plate as well. The easiest way to identify which of the two plates is the external (from the outside) view is that there's a sensory line canal on the one plate (it's straight nearly straight line tracing across the one bone at the top). These are the lateral line system you can still see in some modern fishes and act as pressure sensors to detect movement in the water around the organism. They are only found on the outside of the body." "That oblong bone at the top is probably a piece of the paranuchal plate, but if that's the case it's only a very small fraction of it." Johanson Z (null) Vertebrate cranial evolution: Contributions and conflict from the fossil record. Evolution & Development, doi: 10.1111/ede.12422 Lebedev OA, Johanson Z, Kuznetsov AN, Tsessarsky A, Trinajstic K, Isakhodzayev FB (null) Feeding in the Devonian antiarch placoderm fishes: a study based upon morphofunctional analysis of jaws. Journal of Paleontology, 1 - 18. doi: 10.1017/jpa.2022.54 Charest F, Johanson Z, Cloutier R (2022) The preorbital depression and recess of antiarch placoderms (jawed stem-gnathostomes) revisited from an ontogenetic (saltatory) point of view. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 42 (1) : doi: 10.1080/02724634.2022.2116335 Johanson Z (2021) Paleontology: There are more placoderms in the sea. Current Biology, 31 (16) : R1012 - R1014. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.073 van Mesdag SNK, den Blaauwen J, Dean MN, Johanson Z (2020) Hyperossification in the vertebral column of Devonian placoderm fishes (Arthrodira). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 40(1) : e1766477 - e1766477. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2020.1766477
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Ok, last time I post here for a while I swear! At least until I go on another hunting trip... Anyways so I stopped by my mother's today after work and I was talking to her and my stepfather about my newfound passion for hunting & collecting fossils when it turns out that my stepfather had been holding out on me this whole time! After a bit of rummaging around he presented me with this, and even said that I could keep it! He said that he had been given it by a customer of his back when he worked delivering water. The customer a nice older man had found it in his backyard (lucky duck!) somewhere in San Pedro, California, my current city of residence. Any information would be greatly appreciated!
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This skull was found in a local southwestern USA rock shop; the owner of the shop knew nothing, and the skull was on consignment. I attempted to contact the original seller to find more details (such as where they got it), but no one returned my calls. Length of skull: 53 cm Width of skull at maximum: 17 cm (back of skull) Width of skull at minimum: 4 cm (across narrow part of snout) Height of skull at maximum: 14 cm The two large fenestrae above the orbital fenestrae measure between 9.5 to 10 cm Teeth measure between 1 and 2 cm each. I suspect it's an Eosuchian, but cannot yet identify the skull to the genus.
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For a friend of mine. ID'd as a partial fish skull. Found in the KemKem beds. Honestly no idea what it actually is. So give it a shot here.
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This is being sold as a Pachycephalosaurus skull piece, the bumpy section of the skull rim that borders de Pachycephalosaurus dome. It's 65mm, no locality mentioned. I'm not an expert, but the structure and color doesn't look right to me. Opinions?
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After 20 years of searching creeks and local Texas river I finally found a bison skull well the cap with horns. Creek was just low enough for me to see it. Think roots growing in it helped it not wash away. Found a few bones 30 yards down stream that prob came from same animal found 100s prob close to over 500 bones of this species and others but no skull cap with horns. just a few jaws with teeth etc. here she is. Will start to preserve it and sitting in water right now. tons of roots in it in every little hole and compact deposit mud and rock. i added in my opinion the prettiest of north Texas fish species also I caught. I have a native aquarium at my house. Also my 11 year old thosand mile walked together explorer dog also. she keeps Sasquatch at bay and and other things I cannot see at bay or alerts they are around while my head is looking at ground. good advice is to get a dog that can be vicious when needed. Just saying. Some weird stuff in the woods I have encountered. IMG_3548.MOV
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Dunkleosteus terrelli - Skull elements Fish Devonian Cleveland Shale - Cleveland, Ohio, USA Very Large 790mm (31 inch) slab with partial skull This is from James Boyle Ph.D a clinical assistant professor specializing in the study of placoderms. He noted: “Yes, it's most like a Dunkleosteus based on what I can see. You have both anterior dorsal lateral plates of the thoracic armor there. These are the bones that connected with a mobile joint the head and shoulder regions of the armor. The bone to the bottom left is the internal view of the left anterior dorsal lateral plate. The bone under it is the right anterior dorsal lateral plate in external view. The piece that's skewed to the right a bit in the image is part of the left anterior dorsal lateral plate as well. The easiest way to identify which of the two plates is the external (from the outside) view is that there's a sensory line canal on the one plate (it's straight nearly straight line tracing across the one bone at the top). These are the lateral line system you can still see in some modern fishes and act as pressure sensors to detect movement in the water around the organism. They are only found on the outside of the body. That oblong bone at the top is probably a piece of the paranuchal plate, but if that's the case it's only a very small fraction of it. I've attached a file with your image rotated a bit and some other images to compare against for Dunkleosteus.” I have contacted and heard back from Dr. Zerina Johnson of the natural history museum, UK who specializes in and published research papers on Devonian placoderms that the partial skull is indeed from Dunkleosteus terrelli Johanson Z (null) Vertebrate cranial evolution: Contributions and conflict from the fossil record. Evolution & Development, doi: 10.1111/ede.12422 Lebedev OA, Johanson Z, Kuznetsov AN, Tsessarsky A, Trinajstic K, Isakhodzayev FB (null) Feeding in the Devonian antiarch placoderm fishes: a study based upon morphofunctional analysis of jaws. Journal of Paleontology, 1 - 18. doi: 10.1017/jpa.2022.54 Charest F, Johanson Z, Cloutier R (2022) The preorbital depression and recess of antiarch placoderms (jawed stem-gnathostomes) revisited from an ontogenetic (saltatory) point of view. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 42 (1) : doi: 10.1080/02724634.2022.2116335 Johanson Z (2021) Paleontology: There are more placoderms in the sea. Current Biology, 31 (16) : R1012 - R1014. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.073 van Mesdag SNK, den Blaauwen J, Dean MN, Johanson Z (2020) Hyperossification in the vertebral column of Devonian placoderm fishes (Arthrodira). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 40(1) : e1766477 - e1766477. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2020.1766477
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How composite is this composite mosasaurus skull?
LordWampa posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, This is a composite mosasaurus skull. As I can't afford the real deal, I normally look into this seminice pieces to try to find one that it's not a mess. I saw this one where the seller states that som teeth has been replaced (totally expected) and that has some repairs an reconstructions. At least for me comparing it to some other composite mosasaur skulls where all the bones are a mess, this seems more beautifully composited with a big part of the bones where they should be. Do you see some big red flags of it being a mess in reality with lots of more random bones than expected? What kind of mosasaur species it could be? Thanks!
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Hey, I have a question... what do you think of the fossil i found at a store? Is it real? It's from ca. 80 Million years from marokko.
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Articulated Psittacosaurus, near complete, display ready
sneakyelf posted a topic in Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
Here is a ready-to-display psittacosaurus on a custom built armature that I am willing to trade for something special. All bones displayed are real bone, no repros to fill in gaps. Total length just over 36 inches. All bones are attached to the armature reversibly (museum wax, wire, string). The base is black walnut. The framework is welded steel. IT is sitting on a placemat for size reference. I have a second psittacosaurus that is not mounted, the bones are redder in color, and it was previously mounted with many glued joints. That one is almost four feet long and needs some work to make it look as nice as this mounted one. I'd trade that one too. Here in the States since 1990s. Please feel free to ask any questions.
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This skull is 24cm in length, it's from Yunnan of China, Any idea if it belongs to a marine reptile, not icthyosaur? And if it's a complete skull?
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Hey all, My wife was given this skull and was wondering if anyone can identify the type of animal it came from. We don't know the locality. She'd also like to know anything about the ornamentation glued to the top of it.
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I find skulls one of the most interesting pieces of fossil you can ever own. So here I'd love to see all of your fossil skulls, or parts of one. Here is my Pleistocene era skull of a Ursus arctos. An ice age brown bear. Very very uncommon find.
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A long shot but I thought I would post just in case.
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Is this a real saber-toothed tiger skull?
Ginger0412 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello everyone on the forums. Please tell me if this is a genuine saber-toothed tiger skull.
