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UPDATE 3/9/19 - Basilosaurus reconstruction/repair/restoration - DIY
fossilized6s posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
I purchased a unsightly Franken-Basilosaurus tooth a few weeks ago for pretty cheap. Seeing as though i don't have $400-700+ to spend on a nice basilosaurus tooth i saw potential and a fun project in this cheap ugly duckling. Yes, it's Moroccan. It came with the typical glue/sand mix covering it, filling all cracks, voids and roughing out transitions of deceptive franken composites. How it came: Ok, first things first. Clean it. I used acetone, a razor, a needle, a tooth brush and my engraver. Hours of delicate work later i finally see what i'm working with. After cleaning: Yeesh, this might be more work than i thought...... And someone composited a incisor or canine tooth tip on the top of my premolar!! Bwahahaha!! Ok, composites need to go. Bye, bye Next i noticed this was not lined up correctly when it was glued back together. So i grab my trusty dremel tool and proceed to carefully saw this baby in half. Then i removed most of the epoxy/sand glue from each side. Continued.........
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Any ideas? These are the only 4 pictures. I don't know if the back was lost pre or post fossilization.
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Hello. I'm currently working on a basilosaurus sketch as a project. The sketch is based off of Basilosaurus cetoides. I wanted to add a few fish to liven up the whole drawing, but I'm not familiar with late Eocene fish from the U.S. east coast. Would anyone be able to help me out?
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Basilosaurus vs. Zygorhiza vs. Dourodon teeth- What's the difference?
Macrophyseter posted a topic in Questions & Answers
I've found a couple of listings of archaeocete teeth frags from Harleyville, South Carolina on a fossil seller. I know that Basilosaurus cetoides, Zygorhiza kochii, and Dorudon serratus all exist in this area, with a couple of examples of all three having been found there (now in Charleston Museum collection). However, is there a way to differentiate between them when it comes to teeth, specifically incisors? Some images of the listings are below. First tooth measures 2.6 inches. Second tooth measures 2.2 inches, but is a frag so I imagine that it may be much bigger if restored. Third tooth measures 3.75 inches.
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Basilosaurid tooth composite
Baryonyx posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, I was wondering if this tooth, is a composite of two teeth. What do you think?
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I saw this tooth on an auction site for relatively cheap. Do you know what it is from? The tooth is from Dakhla, near Morocco. I was thinking Basilosaurus.Any thoughts? Worth considering? What do you think?
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From the album: Marine Mammals
Basilosauridae ident. Lower P2 Premolar Found in Dakhla, Morocco Dated Bartonian Stage of Eocene (≈40 mya) Measures 5.715 cm (2.25 inches) -
Any opinions on this tooth? Found in Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was found in a small creek approximately 1/2 mile into the hills from the delta. It measures 2 & 3/4" in length.
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Excavation of a Fossil Whale in Scott County. Mississippi
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Starnes, J. E., 2017, Excavation of a Fossil Whale Skeleton by MDEQ in Scott County. Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Environmental News. vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1-3. https://www.deq.state.ms.us/mdeq.nsf/pdf/Main_06_2017externaljune2017newsletter/$File/externaljune.pdf?OpenElement https://www.deq.state.ms.us/mdeq.nsf/page/Main_NewsletterArchive?OpenDocument Related Publications are: Johnston, J. E., 1991, Fossil Whale State Fossil of Mississippi. Office of Geology, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Pamphlet no. 3 https://www.deq.state.ms.us/mdeq.nsf/pdf/Geology_Pamphlet3FOSSILWHALEStateFossilofMississippi/$File/Pamphlet 3.pdf?OpenElement Daly, E., 1992, A List, Bibliography And Index Of The Fossil Vertebrates Of Mississippi. Office Of Geology, Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality, Bulletin 128. https://www.deq.state.ms.us/mdeq.nsf/page/Geology_Bulletin128-AList,BibliographyAndIndexOfTheFossilVertebratesOfMississippi?OpenDocument https://www.deq.state.ms.us/mdeq.nsf/pdf/Geology_Bulletin128-AListBibliographyAndIndexOfTheFossilVertebratesOfMississippi/$File/Bulletin 128.pdf?OpenElement Dockery, D. T. III, and K. Lightsey, 1997, Windows Into Mississippi’s Geological Past. Circular no. 6, Mississippi Office of Geology, Jackson, Mississippi. 68 pp. https://www.deq.state.ms.us/mdeq.nsf/page/Geology_Circular-WindowsIntoMississippi’sGeologicalPast?OpenDocument http://www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/pdf/Geology_Circular-WindowsIntoMississippi’sGeologicalPast/$File/Circular 6.pdf Frazier, M. K. 1980. Archaeocetes: whale-like mammals from the Eocene of Mississippi. Mississippi Geology 1:1-3. https://www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/pdf/Geology_Volume1Number2December1980/$File/Vol_1_2.pdf?OpenElement Uhen, M. D., 2008., Bibliography of Archaeocete Cetaceans https://paleobiology.si.edu/pdfs/archaeocete_bibliography.pdf Yours, Paul H. -
So my archaeocete tooth arrived early. Now that I actually got my hands on it, I want to see exactly what species it is. The seller simply said that it was a basilosaurus tooth, which was said to be found simply in Morocco (I unfortunately cannot recheck exactly where since the item's info closed once I bought it, but I know for sure it's somewhere in Morocco. Front Back Scale The tooth is pretty small, about 2 1/4 inches, and is probably a front premolar (according to my understandings based on some basilosaurid jaws). I've heard somewhere in these forums that usually if there is a chance for a tooth to be Basilosaurus isis if it was 10+cm and found in Morocco, but he might be applying this only to incisors and canines, and this is a premolar/molar. Juvenile isis? Zygorhiza? Dorudon?
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Hi all. I am currently looking for a genuine Basilosaurus tooth. Problem is, the market is too heavily saturated with other Archaeocetes like Dorudon or Zygorhiza. As far as I understand, if a tooth comes from Western Sahara of Morocco, and is over 10cm in length including root, there's a chance it could be cf. Basilosaurus isis. Here I have several candidates. Tooth A - 6 inches in length Tooth B - 5.5 inches in length Tooth C and D - 6 inches along the curve Is there any way I can positively ID out a Basilosaurus tooth? Do any of these 4 teeth look like one?
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I found this tooth 1 year ago in the Copenhagen Community of Louisiana (Northeast Louisiana). My family settled in that area around 150 years ago... There is now a Copenhagen Hills Preserve area with many archeological digs there from the local universities. Kind of funny because the settlers there were using rib bones, etc as door stops... My brothers and I wonder the hills when I'm there to visit with many small bones, large pieces of quartz, and an occasional rib bone, ray teeth, seashells, and now this tooth being found. Most of the time we find these things just laying around on the ground or in a creek bed. It is noted that this is probably an Eocene time period....it is known that bones of Basilosaurus have been located in the hills..along with bones of rays. This site will give you a little inkling of what Copenhagen is like. The p http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/louisiana/placesweprotect/copenhagen-hills-preserve.xml Any help in identifying would be appreciated. Measures 3 1/2 " in length, 3" in width, 1 1/2" in depth. Thanks again!
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From the album: fossils from out of town
