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I recently purchased Niger fossils, and as expected, provenance was poor. I know it's ill-advised to buy fossils without good provenance, but I decided to take a gamble here. There was a sliver of hope in getting provenance as the seller could contact their source in Niger, but alas, outside Agadez is the best they got. The first fossil was sold as possible Kryptops, and 2nd just Theropod. I also got fish fossils from the same group. Elrhaz, Irhazer II, and Tiouraren appear to be the 3 formations in that region, and most fossils from Niger you often see for sale are sup
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Hello all, I have some fossils that I highly suspect came from the Agadez region of Niger. I am trying to ID them. I am new to the forum and any help would be greatly appreciated. I have 4 bones in total. I have taken pictures of all six sides. I am trying to figure out how to post the pictures. It will only allow me to do 3.9 m which is one picture approximately.
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Hello all, I have some fossils that I highly suspect came from the Agadez region of Niger. I am trying to ID them. I am new to the forum and any help would be greatly appreciated. I have 4 bones in total. I have taken pictures of all six sides. I am trying to figure out how to post the pictures. It will only allow me to do 3.9 m which is one picture approximately.
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Hi, All. The best I can do with this is simply put up the pictures and let wiser minds than mine (ie: everybody else!) take a look. I don't know what this is; it has tooth-like qualities, but I just can't get a handle on it. It would have come from the Agadez area of Niger, for what that's worth. Thanks for looking!
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Hi, All. I came across this yesterday, but couldn't make heads nor tails of it.... I want to think it's not a bone - one side is very smooth, while the other has a tone of small stones attached to it - but the view of the inside has me wondering.... Thanks for looking at it, and telling me what I'm looking at. I seem to have a really long learning curve! Rob @LordTrilobite @Bone guy @Haravex @Troodon
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Hi, All. Okay - I'm trying to learn here, so please bear with me! I've been told that many of the teeth I've acquired here in Niger have been croc teeth, and that one of the ways to tell a croc tooth is by a circular base (basil?), while spinosauridae teeth are more oval.... That said, I offer the following two teeth for your informed evaluation! The bigger one is relatively narrow (the side shot with the enamel curving over the top gives you an idea), with the smaller one has a distinct "ridge" on each front/back (I know those aren't the technical terms - sorry!). As always, I
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Hi, Folks. Thank you so much for the feedback on my first posting of teeth! Apparently there were more than a few crocodiles in the Agadez area of Niger, back when it wasn't desert! I'll post the next set, and follow that up with a posting of another very large fossil from the same area. I truly appreciate the education I'm getting on here! Rob @Troodon @LordTrilobite @jpc @-Andy-
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Here's the 3rd set; could this be a rib?
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Here's the last set I'll trouble you with today - #4. I've lots more I'm totally ignorant of.... Thank you! Rob
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Hi, All! I finally managed to get some photos with a cm/mm scale of some of the "dinosaur bones" I've been able to acquire here. These all came from the Agadez area of the Sahara desert in Niger. I have absolutely no idea what type of dinosaur these might be from (if they are dinosaur bones), and would appreciate any and all help you can give me! I haven't tried to remove the dried mud, etc. from several of them; I don't know the proper way of doing so, and I don't want to mess anything up.... I won't throw everything on here at once, but I'll list them all the same way with a
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Here's the second set....
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Hi, All. I don't have a clue what these are, but I'm guessing a bivalve of some kind? They came from the desert sand near Agadez, Niger, but that's all I know. The street merchant I got them from thought they were dino toes, but I'm guessing not.... The thing that confuses me the most (other than the fact that I haven't been able to find any pictures of bivalves that look like this) is that it doesn't look like the "shell" would actually close like a clam or mussel. Any and all help in identifying these would be most appreciated! Rob
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Hi all I purchased the attached tooth several years ago while working in a small desert town in Niger called Agadez. I was wondering wether anybody on the forum new what dinosaur it is from. It was a gift for my infant son and he’s very proud of it, showing it to his friends it every opportunity. It would be great if we new a little more about it. Any information would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
