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Permian Reptile Captorhinus Fake Again?
Lucid_Bot posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Now this will really sadden me if it's fake. It's a Permian Period Captorhinus reptile from Lawson, Oklahoma. Please give me some good news.- 65 replies
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300 Million Years Old Fossilized Skin Discovered, Richards Spur, Oklahoma
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Oldest Fossilized Skin Discovered, Clocks in at 300 Million Years Old Isaac Schultz, GIZMODO, January 11, 2024 The (open access ?) paper is: Paleozoic cave system preserves oldest-known evidence of amniote skin by Ethan D. Mooney, Tea Maho, R. Paul Philp, Joseph J. Bevitt, and Robert R. Reisz in Current Biology. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.008 Yours, Paul H.-
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How did these Captorhinus aguti fossils form, and are they even real?
Psittacosaur9 posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Hello everyone! Firstly, I know that this is a topic about whether or not a fossil is real, but seeing as a), I'm not looking to purchase one and b), I'm mostly interested in how they could possibly form, I've put it in the general fossil discussion. If an administrator thinks this topic would be better for the 'is it real?' discussion, please feel free to move it. Anyways, a while ago the above Captorhinus fossil was posted to the 'is it real?' discussion board, which I thought was an obvious fake, as the matrix looked unnatural, the cervical ribs looked less like ribs and more like sea urchin spines, the skull was miraculously immaculately preserved and the knee joints were facing in the wrong direction for tetrapods. However, I was browsing the internet, when I came across the Wikipedia page for the Richard's Spur Quarry, and saw this image of Captorhinus aguti: Now, these specimens obviously look more real than the fake Captorhinus at the top; although I know Wikipedia isn't always a reliable source the information on it is usually not too far from the truth, and I'd be very surprised if they had fake fossils as images representing 'real' ones. However, I still have my doubts about these two skeleton's legitimacy; the skulls looks too well preserved and a bit like resin, and the knee joints are yet again facing the wrong direction. Are these fossils real, and if so, how did the skull preserve so immaculately while the legs were distorted? Is this something unique to Richard's Spur? Thank you for your help.- 6 replies
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Hello, I am going to purchase this lot that is from Richard's Spur Quarry and I was wondering if anyone on here knows how to ID fossils better than me. I've been looking at pictures all day but can't seem to confidently ID anything. I know most of these are probably Captorhinus, but are there any in this lot that look like a different species or a synapsid such as Varanops? Been searching for synapsid fossils forever and I really hope one of these is from a synapsid. There's 3 claws, 3 vertebrate, and 4 jaw sections. Don't be afraid to hurt my feelings if they all are Captorhinus, I think they're super cool too!
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Hello all. Please help me decide on my next acquisition. I have the opportunity to buy a Permian reptile. The seller has both a captorhinus and Labidosaurus. Both are free from the matrix and prepped on a limestone display base. Similar in size. Is one more rare than the other? Not too much info on these. They were obtained from OK. Thanks
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Ancient Animal Could Take Itself Apart to Escape Predators
Heteromorph posted a topic in Fossil News
“A tiny, ancient reptile that lived hundreds of millions of years ago had a great trick for deterring predators looking for an easy meal: ditching its tail.” https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/ancient-reptile-tail-loss-predator-spd/- 2 replies
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Hi Fossil Forum, I've recently picked up a unprepped skull of Captorhinus aguti, from Olkahoma and am looking to do some further delicate prep. I've not used acid preparation before on such a delicate specimen (such as Muriatic acid) - could anyone who has give some advice about application, duration and dilution levels? Many thanks Tom
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