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Ancient human footprints discovered by B.C. family on vacation in South Africa
Paciphacops posted a topic in Fossil News
Nice to see discoveries like this by dedicated avocational paleontologists! Who would think to look on the ceiling of caves for ancient footprints? "Fossil hunters also responsible for finding dinosaur tracks in Tumbler Ridge, B.C." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tumbler-ridge-south-africa-1.4555438- 1 reply
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Africa’s rich fossil finds should get the air time they deserve Julien Benoit, University of the Witwatersrand The Conversation, February 21, 2018 http://theconversation.com/africas-rich-fossil-finds-should-get-the-air-time-they-deserve-91849 https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/in-their-own-words/2018/2018-02/africas-rich-fossil-finds-should-get-the-air-time-they-deserve.html Yours, Paul H.
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Hi all. My friend brought me a souvenir he found in Morocco. Based on the locality of the outcroup he gave me, it must be early Late Cretaceous. Since fauna of this time and place is well known to collectors, maybe someone could ID this/these obscure fossil/fossils I labeled A & B? It kinda reminds me Onchopristis.
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Hi everyone, I am new to the fossil forum. These were called Plesiosaurus (light), and Spinosaurus. I need help properly ID ing them. The Spinosaurus is not serrated, if I remember, found in Africa, also, what is the pink crystals and dark sand-like covering around the specimen? As for the Plesiosaurus, Phosphate Beds, Morocco ; upper Cretaceous..
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42817323 Researchers have identified the remains of the earliest known modern humans to have left Africa.
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A bit of an old one, but from a local perspective: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2017/05/218258/last-african-dinosaur-discovered-in-morocco-oulad-abdoun-basin/
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Hi sorry I posted these photos all ready today. They are part of a collection I was given . I have posted the dinosaurs teeth again and on there own following the great advice of a member. I also found one of tooth that was hidden in the cotton wool packing and I think it the best of the bunch. That tooth is the first pic. The sizes are in centimetres.Thanks everyone on this forum, a great place of knowledge. Kind regards Bobby
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Here is a puzzler and curiosity is getting the best of me. We are always bombarded with examples of fossils from Morocco and Madagascar, but what about the other countries of the African continent? Why do we never seem to hear about fossils from any of the other African nations? Is it mostly due to laws restrictioning fossil export or is there a lack of stuff coming out of the lands south of the Sahara?
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Can someone identify this tooth?
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Did This Mysterious Ape-Human Once Live Alongside Our Ancestors? - National Geographic https://apple.news/Av1QeWbeOQCi3D6ngSh8boA
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I know it isn't that old but I would love an ID.. I just discovered there was a nature photography thread, and I was going through my photos from my trip to the KNP in 2013 and I came across this photo of a giant skull.. I apologize that I can not remember the actual size, obviously I didn't get out of the car to check! I took this photo with hopes of looking back one day and figuring it out, I couldn't get a good focus on it but maybe it is very clear to someone anyhow
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enjoy,good bit of gemmological literature Schwarz tanzania rubiesgemmology2008.pdf
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I found these teeth on a recent trip to Angola and I want to put them on display in my house, but I want to be 100% sure of the genus of the teeth before I incorrectly label them in the display. Pretty sure these are of the Squalicorax genus. Pretty sure these are of the Striatolamia genus Any help in verifying these teeth would be much appreciated.
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Hi, I found this croc tooth for sale and it's labeled as Sarcosuchus. If it is Sarcosuchus, I want to buy it. They didn't put very much info about it, just that it is from Africa. Any help?
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Good day to all of you. I have come to discover an amazing site in a remote location of the Serengeti: a dry river bed with hundreds of bones and what looks like stone tools too. The relevant authorities have been informed and i am still waiting for their visit. I have attached a few pics of what i found. Owing to the park rules, I may not pick up a few samples for proper photos. So i tried what i could Since we are not very far from Olduvai Gorge, i do believe this site to be of high importance. I would really appreciate any info on the pictured findings I am going to the site again this afternoon and will try to find bigger pieces and make also better pictures... Hoping to hear from you soon, Best regards, Okaroo
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Good morning ! Really happy to be here and looking forward to your expertise I have virtually almost NO knowledge on fossils/paleontology but i have come to make an amazing discovery. Indeed, I found an old river bed full of fossils lying in the open... Relevant authorities have been contacted but in the meantime my curiosity is killing me. Being close to the famous Olduvai Gorge, i do believe that what has been found could be of major importance... Photos to come ! Wishing you all a great day, Best regards from a sunny Serengeti !
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An interesting article about a new sauropod from Tanzania: http://phys.org/news/2014-09-species-titanosaurian-dinosaur-tanzania.html The discovery of a titanosaur from the Middle Cretaceous deposits in Tanzania is significant in many respects. First, it represents the third diagnostic titanosaur from Cretaceous sediments in sub-Saharan Africa. Second, it bolsters the hypothesis by Paul Sereno and colleagues that the breakup of Gondwana was a rather gradual one, so a number of titanosaurs known from South America may also have inhabited sub-Saharan Africa at a time when South America was slowly breaking away from Africa (the basal somphospondylian Angolatitan is of late Turonian age and also from sub-Saharan Africa, so it's not unreasonable to imagine titanosaurs populating South America and Africa in the Cenomanian and Turonian). Third, Rukwatitan is the first middle Cretaceous dinosaur from the Africa's Great Rift Valley. The non-titanosaur somphospondyl Wintonotitan and the lithostrotian Diamantinasaurus from Australia are of about the same age as Rukwatitan, so it's not implausible that some titanosaurs made it to Australia by immigrating to Africa, and then indirectly to Australia via Antarctica. With Rukwatitan, we are just beginning to appreciate the diversity of middle Cretaceous Gondwanan titanosaurs outside South America.
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From the album: My fossils collection
Spinosaurus. aegyptiacus tooth from Kem Kem bed Morocco, Cretaceous period -
Andrews' Perspectives On Geographic Origin Of Human Ancestors
DD1991 posted a topic in Questions & Answers
With regards to early studies of the geographic origins of mankind's relatives, it's important to know that Australopithecus was discovered two years after Roy Chapman Andrews went to Mongolia to try to find the earliest human ancestors. I know that Andrews never found early human ancestors in Mongolia and Australopithecus is three million years older than any of the early human beings discovered before Andrews' expedition to Mongolia, but Andrews and Osborn did not expect a human relative to be found in Africa. Would Andrews have considered the possibility of Africa being the cradle of mankind if he didn't find human ancestors in Africa? Did Osborn and Andrews ever change their mind about the geographic origin of mankind after hearing about the discovery of Paranthropus and other early human relatives in Africa in the 1930s?
