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From the album: My other Fossils
Keichousaurus with a quartz line that runs through the piece. Keichousaurus is a genus of marine reptile in the pachypleurosaur family which went extinct at the close of the Triassic in the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. -
Hi. I got this keichousaurus as a gift. Its not the best i have seen and is missing some bones but im verry happy with it . So is it real ? Thanks
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New fossils of giant rhinos — the largest land mammals ever — are found in China (nbcnews.com) Giant rhino unearthed in China was one of largest mammals ever to live | New Scientist New fossils reveal one of the largest land mammals ever found (yahoo.com) Since the late 2000s, scientists from China have treated Paraceratherium grangeri as a distinct species from Paraceratherium fossils found in Central Asia (named Indricotherium by Aleksei Alekseeivich Borissiak in 1916), and the taxon P. huangheense described in 2017 further indicates that not all fossils of Paraceratherium found outside Pakistan belong to the same species. Deng, T.; Lu, X.; Wang, S.; Flynn, L. J.; Sun, D.; He, W.; Chen, S. (2021). An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolution. Communications Biology. 4: Article number 639. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02170-6. PMID 34140631.
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Hello partners. I have received several Chinese trilobites, but these two the seller has not been able to identify. I have not found information about them, and I bring them here in case someone can recognize them. The first is from the lower cambric. It comes from the qiongzhusi formation. Kunming (Yunnan). China. with 6 millimeters long THE SECOND IS FROM THE ORDOVICIOUS. SHIHTIAN FORMATION. BAOSHAN. (YUNNAN). CHINA. WITH 1 CENTIMETER LONG. ps: the photos are screenshots of the purchase, my photos do not get better.
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Hello, A second egg Im interested in-- an, at first glance, much better one. It's Oviraptor, from Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China. Edit - size - 17.5cm It looks to have really good shell coverage, but am a little concerned at the cracks, whether some of it might be shells from other eggs glued in place. I'd love to hear others thoughts on it.
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Hadrosaur egg -- Chinese
FF7_Yuffie posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, Any thoughts on this? It is a Hadrosaur egg from Guangdong, China. 9.4cm x 8.8 x 6. I know it's far from the best egg you'll see--but I was offered it for a good price, less than even I've seen poor conditioned eggs go for) . But does anyone see any restoration/composite to it? Now, I wish to check--the grey is eggshell, still partially covered by matrix? Or is the grey bits, which I am thinking is ill-cleaned eggshell, actually not eggshell either? I'm considering it for a piece for my desk at work here in Taipei--got my eye on a better possible egg to ship to my collection in England. Thanks for the help
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I got this little tile over 10 yrs ago when I didn't know anything about fossils and didn't have a loop. All I saw was clams I thought, now I see something but can't remember what it was supposed to be, and brachiopods I think. Appreciate any help on ID and approximate age.
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I have some Gansu fossils from the Linxia Basin, but I wasn't 100% sure on ID. The teeth were sold as Entelodont molars, and my current assumption is that they belong to Paraentelodon macrognathus from the Oligocene deposits in the Linxia Basin. From what I've read, they are similar to Daeodon, at least size wise. I think the formation would be the Jiaozigou Formation? But I'm not entirely sure. The Chleuastochoerus jaw, i have no idea. I think there are 2 species present in the Linxia Basin, and I don't know if it's possible to ID them down to species level without more specific provenance. That said, I honestly don't know anything about this animal, aside from it being a prehistoric pig. I know the fang had some glue on it when I put some acetone on it during prep, so it's probably repaired. The back side had big globs of glue that turned pretty nasty in acetone, but fortunately, there was nothing on the jaw itself, and I easily dug the teeth hidden inside the matrix. Not really sure if I did a great job though since I don't prep that often.
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Keichousaurus with two vertebral columns?
Crazyhen posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
This juvenile Keichousaurus should be a genuine one but I don't understand why it appears to have two separate vertebral columns. It doesn't seem like the vertebral column is split into two due to fossilization process. Any idea?
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Hi, new here I recently acquired this trilobite fossil, which I can identify as Coronocephalus, but I'm not sure about the species. It's not immediately apparent from the first picture, but this is only the negative. The trilobite itself is around 4 centimetres long. I suspect it is a molt. A friend got it for me as a souvenir on his trip to Yunnan, China. I'd be tempted to say C. gaoluoensis based on how frequently they occur, but the glabella makes me suspect C. rex. Edit: upper end of glabella tuberculate so probably not gaoluoensis pygidium does not taper therefore cannot be rex stab in the dark: changningensis?
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This is said to be a coconut tree fossil. It’s from Liaoning, China. I don’t think Liaoning has coconut tree, rather does it look like a palm tree?
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Hello~ Could you tell me the binominal name for this ammonite?
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Hello, I have been offered a Chinese pterosaur tooth--from Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China. There are a lot of toothed pterosaurs from there, so I guess narrowing down an actual species will be difficult. But I wish to make sure that it looks pterosaur rather than being something else. Unfortunately the matrix was split and reglued, so it has a repair down the middle. It is 2cm long. Seller is in Taiwan, so export of the fossil is ok.
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Thoughts on this Spheroolithus egg?
FF7_Yuffie posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, I've been after an egg for a while, and this one caught my eye. It's sold as Spheroolithus. 5.5 inch x 4.41 x 2.36 Seller messaged saying it is from Henan Province, China. Being sold by a Taiwan seller--not from China itself. Apologies for red line--it's blocking the sellers name. Thanks for the help
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Hello does this egg look real . Looks like its missing some shell and looks not to be prepped. Possibly an oviraptor egg? Is 18 cm long Thanks
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This piece of claw is found at Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province of China. It’s Cretaceous. Is it a dinosaur claw?
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Footprints of Cat-size Stegosaur found, Tugulu Group, Xinjiang, China
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Tiny Cat-Sized Dinosaur Leaves the Smallest Stegosaur Footprint Ever Discovered by Paleontologists University of Queensland, SciTechDaily, April 17, 2021 Xing, L., Lockley, M.G., Persons IV, W.S., Klein, H., Romilio, A., Wang, D. and Wang, M., 2021. Stegosaur track assemblage from Xinjiang, China, featuring the smallest known stegosaur record. Palaios, 36(2), pp.68-76 Yours, Paul H. -
Three claws and some bone fragments from Ganzhou, China. Cretaceous formation. Are the turtle claws or dinosaur claws?
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This vertebral bone is from Yunnan, China. Any idea if it’s mammalian or dinosaurian?
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Taxonomy from Wang et al. 2009. Daouhugounectes primitivus is a predaceous water beetle grub with raptorial forelegs and natatorial mid- and hindlegs. Diagnosis from Wang et al. 2009, p. 653." Head transverse, narrowing anterior of the base; nasale with rounded lateral lobes. Mandible with retinaculum near its middle. Prothoracic tergite somewhat longer than meso- and metathoracic tergites. Legs relatively short; mid- and hindleg distinctly longer than foreleg, their femora, tibiae and tarsi subequal in length, tibae slightly dilated at apex, tarsi roundly dilated anteriorly. Forelegs with sparse strong setae; meso- and metafemora with sparse thin hairs at posterior margin, tibiae and tarsi with short oblique setae and long think hairs along both sides. Abdomen with nine segments, seven of them transverse; sclerites in tergal position; sclerite VIII almost circular, curved ventromedially. Small subquadratic segment IX present between urogomphi. The closing apparatus of the spiracles on segment VIII weakly developed; trachea with helical thickening weak (compared to that of Coptoclava). Urogomphi approximately 2.5 times as long as tergite VIII." Line drawing from Wang et al, 2009 (scale bar 5 mm): Reference: B. Wang, A. G. Ponomarenko, and H.-Ch. Zhang (2009): A new coptoclavid larva (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of China, and its phylogenetic implication. Paleontological Journal 43(6):652-659.
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Is this another scam? Or is it real?
jbrackjr posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Saw this on online and for the life of me, I think it is a scam. I am not an expert, and even less than a rookie but it just looks strange. Let me know what you think. Thanks Jim -
Here's a specimen I acquired a while back. The worm is quite small (21mm long, ~1mm wide) and hard to photograph but I did my best. The question is, what are those little oval pellet-like things inside (or on) the worm? Its last meal? Parasite? Something taphonomic in nature (I doubt it)? Any ideas would be appreciated! Not sure of the worm's ID, either. I guess either Maotianshania or Cricocosmia (or Paleoscolex?) They're all so similar I'm not sure how to tell them apart. There should be enough detail - looks like everything including the spiny head/proboscis (left end) is visible.
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This is an unprepped ichthyosaur from Luoping, Yunnnan Province of China. It measures 70cm in length. Any idea which species is that? And the completeness of the fossil?
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Fossil Fish from China - Real, Altered or Fake?
protosauropod posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
My mom purchased this fish when she was in Taiwan. She's a little suspicious that it has at very least been embellished. I've also attached the label it had. Thank you for any help!
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This Adcrocuta skull is from Hezheng of China. Is it genuine? And note the ‘mark’ on the left canine, is it cracks or marking?
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