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Hello everyone, I'd like to submit this vertebra to you to understand if it really belongs to packycephalosaurus and possibly if in your opinion how much it has been reworked. Indications on the label: Dimensions: 125mm Origin: Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota, USA CRETACEOUS-Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian (66.0-72.1 million years) Thank you very much
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From the album: Austin Chalk
Fish Verts, DFW Coniacian, Cretaceous Mar, 2023 -
Hi I found this yesterday on the beach in Sidmouth, East Devon, UK It was nestled in the rocks and part of a longer specimen- I was intrigued so was feeling around it and all the sand around it was loose (tide coming in, rock pools) and this middle section just popped free! I didn't have any equipment and wouldn't know what to do anyway so I brought it home rather than leave it as it would have been lost to the sea! There are others around, visibly. I am not even sure that this is fossil vertebrae but wondered what you guys think as I have seen similar photos online before. It's a shame I couldn't extract the rest but it's all still there, firmly attached to the rock. Any thoughts? There is also a mini fossil (wood louse type shape) on one end. I have no knowledge whatsoever although I love fossils and have collected some over the years in the somewhat drier region of Provence, France! Initial photos on the beach, wet. The others on 5mm squared paper at home. I haven't cleaned it up yet...
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I am a big fan of jurrasic sauropods and I therefore spend most of my time on preparing what is left of them. However, for a change I now started working on a slab of rock that seems to contain a series of fused sacral vertebrae by a theropod. The verts seem to belong to Allosaurus. Maybe not as cool as a sauropod fossil but I think that Allosaurus was a fascinating creature as well. The bones have been collected many years ago at Dana Quarry, Teen Sleep, Wyoming.
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I found this while diving in Rainbow River, Florida. I have been trying to figure out what it came from for several years. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Found this small mammal thoracic vert this weekend - its 1.1 inches/28mm tall without the process - 2.3 inches/60mm tall with the process. It’s kinda similar to canid, and very similar to felid, but that’s as close as I may have gotten, and I could be way off. Any help would be appreciated! @digit @Brandy Cole @Shellseeker
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Came across this Vert from the KemKem region. Looks like a regular croc or crocodylomorph vertebrae to me, apparently he is very convinced it's a "deltadromeus" vert. Anyone that can help clear this up
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I found these in central KY, dry creek bed areas. I think they may be vertebraes. But I just don’t know… and if so, what kind? Shark? Dino? I have one at least 4 times as big as this one as well! Whale? I’ll add it in another post. Any ideas?
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Recently, after going to my favorite fossil store, I aquired a Otodus Obliquus vertebrae. It came from a formation in Morocco, and is approximately 54 million years old, from the pliocene. Otodus is an extinct mackerel shark, related to the far larger O. Megalodon. The fossil is approximately 10.5 centimeters or 4.13 inches. I was wondering how large the shark would be relative to this vertebrae (assuming this was the largest vertebrae from the shark.)
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Hi there everyone, I just wanted to get some opinions on something. This is supposedly a sauropod transverse process. Can anyone confirm or reject that claim, or just give me your thoughts? It just says “a Jurassic site in Wyoming”, so that could narrow down the potential family/species. I’m sure you can tell it’s apparently the top and bottom of the same bone, just broken and missing a bit in between. Thanks for any and all help!
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Hi everyone! Fun story behind these. I bought them when I was about 15 labeled as "Mosasaur Vertebrae". As I've gotten older and (hopefully) more experienced I'm questioning that ID after pulling them out recently. All three are from the Moroccan Phosphates. So what do you all think? I'm leaning towards croc on the third and Elasmosaur on the other two with a slight possibility of the first being really primitive whale, but I'm not sure. Any insight is greatly appreciated as always! Vertebra 1: 49.4 mm long, 52.36 mm tall, 36.54 mm and 34.8 mm wide. one centrum in concave the other is flat. Vertebra 2: 49.6 mm long, 49.23 mm tall, 49.5 mm wide. both ends concave Vertebra 3: 48 mm long, 39.9 mm tall, 34 and 32.75 mm wide. both ends slightly concave.
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So I forgot to ask for an ID on this yesterday - but anyone know what kind of vert this is? If you can name the animal even better - but I’m mostly looking for caudal/cervical/lumbar/thoracic, etc. found a few with this same shape but none as nice as this one.
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Are my fossiles genuine or fake?
buraqing34 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, im new in fossiles collecting, absolute new beginner. I wonder if my fossiles are genuine or fake, i was so proud of my collection but after i learned that there are many fake Moroccan trilobites on sale, i had suspicions. There are some holes in trilobite and some stuff on it, could be glued which is fine because its age matters to me most, it could be glued no problem. I put them under a plastic sheet but if you wish i can take them out to take better pictures.
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Bought this fossil recently. Was told it is a Spinosaurus Vertebrae from Oued Zem, Morocco. I'm questioning if it is really from a Spinosaurus since both ends appear to be concave, and I read somewhere that one end should be convex. One end seems to be much more concave than the other, but still doesn't seem right to me. I'm a novice collector, so I was hoping to get some expert opinions. I hope these pictures I took are adequate for some type of identification. Thanks in advance.
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Good evening, all. I have the opportunity to acquire this collection of caudal vertebrae. They appear to be from a hadrosaur. However, they have different coloring, so my guess is that they are from different hadrosaurs. Also, two of the pieces were broken and glued, and the glue is apparent. I have the opportunity to purchase it. Thoughts?
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This is the last batch of some unidentified fossils that I picked up in an auction - they accompanied a massive whale vertebrae which was the main lot. The other items were teeth (likely Moroccan Cretaceous) and two claws that turned out to be casts. 1 & 2 - two socket bones that I don’t know the physiology of, the larger is about 4” long and 770g 3 - a vertebrae, 750g 4 - a horn-like piece that may or may not be a fossil, the material is such that I can’t see bone or keratin structure 5 - an small, odd-shaped bone fossil 6 - a long vertebrae, very ferrous (3” but 700g), some carbonised material on the outside 7 - a piece of bone, lovely structure 8 - a tail (?) vertebrae, some damage 9 - a light and heavily repaired oddity Looking forward to hearing your thoughts / insights.
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Seller says it is probably a pterosaur vertebrae as it is the right size and was found next to a pterosaur tooth. Is it? Found in KemKem Morocco. (Ruler is in CM)
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I have found, what I believe to be a fossilised vertebra, and would like any advice on what species it could be and how old it may be. The item was found along a riverbank. It has a surprising weight for it's size - I can record the exact weight with electronic scales within the next 24 hours. The object appears to be of white bone with a red/iron marrow present through the centre. There are crystals in the recesses which sparkle when the light hits it and when it is wet. The top and bottom of the item are very smooth. The specimen has been washed with warm water and a toothbrush. It ts extremely tactile, a pleasure to hold! I didn't want to put it down until I decided to keep it in a resealable plastic bag. I have some pictures which I will enclose (the sun was setting and so there are long shadows cast - magnify the images for better clarity) - I am a novice photographer! I also have a short video which could be sent via WhatsApp. I have contacted my local museum and left a voice message - the museum closed for refurbishment for 2 years about a week ago!
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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I found this near Westmoreland State Park in the Potomac. It seems too well preserved to be a fossil. Clearly a vert, but from what?
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Was going through some bags of fossils I found sometime ago in the Morrin Bridge area of Alberta. There were a couple turtle shell fragments, a tip of a dino claw, a hadrosaur tooth and a ray tooth. There was also this weird vertebrae. While it looks like a dino vert. it is only 1 cm in thickness. The dimensions of the vert. are approx. 2 cm x 2 cm x 1cm. I have found lots of dino vert before but the thickness compared to the rest of the vert. don't make sense. Also both sides appear concave, almost like a fish vert. but not as deep. The photos are not the best and, while the condition of the actual vert is quite good, it is covered in a hard caliche like surface that I can't remove. Anyone have any idea of what this is?
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Picked up a vert, supposedly found in Montana in Hell Creek formation. It's a little crushed but otherwise intact. Any reason to think it's not Edmontosaurus?
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Another piece from the estate that was not labelled as to what it was or where it came from. It is about 56 cm long. Looks like a dinosaur sacrum? Any ideas as to what species it is or where it could have come from? Any help is greatly appreciated!
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I have this really interesting piece in my collection. Got it for what seems like a steal. Its a tiny coil of snake vertebrae but the matrix seems to be some sort of crystal. Has anyone seen anything like this? No similar images come up when searching for snake vertebrae.
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Thoughts on these Mosasaur caudal vertebrae being shark eaten, partially digested and regurgitated? Images from http://oceansofkansas.com/mosapath.html seem to support this. Thanks, Jim
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