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This was in a lot of El Mers fossils, but the Moroccan dealer was not sure what this was. It may not be anything, but just in case it's something unusual. It's about 2.6 cm (1.02 inch) in length Boulahfa, Boulemane, Morocco.
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Restoration on this turiasaurid tooth?
Per Christian posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
This is a turiasaurid tooth from Boulemanne, Atlas mountains, Morocco. It's from the El Mera formation and measures 5.8 cm. How much restoration can you see here? It's been glued together, and cracks have been filled, which the seller describes.- 2 replies
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Hello everyone, (I'm new to this forum so please forgive me if I'm missing something important). I've recentenly saw a theropod tooth listed for sale. This tooth was described as being found in the Bathonian section of the El Mers group, and is described as an Megalosaurid. I've tried to read upon some information, but i've come to notice that there is very little avaliable. I saw a post on this forum saying that theropod teeth from El Mers are still under debate, and that teeth from the Bathonian section require the gypsum matrix to be present in order to identify it as being Bathonian. I was wondering if this fossil fits the profile of being from the Bathonian section and could be a Megalosaursid, or i this is almost impossible to tell. The pictures of the tooth are not quite as clear as I would like, but i hope it will suffice. Thanks in Advance. Details of this tooth: Size: 2x3 x5,5 cm from Morocco El Mers group, Bathionian/ Callovian
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A new paper is available online: Susannah C.R. Maidment; Thomas J. Raven; Driss Ouarhache; Paul M. Barrett (2019). North Africa's first stegosaur: Implications for Gondwanan thyreophoran dinosaur diversity. Gondwana Research. in press. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2019.07.007. Adratiklit is significant as the oldest stegosaur from Africa and the second valid stegosaur from the Bajocian-Bathonian interval, considering that Isaberrysaura has been recently classified as a stegosaur given its mix of stegosaurian and neornithischian traits. If you aren't aware, the Xiashaximiao and Shangshaximiao Formations that have yielded Chungkingosaurus, Gigantspinosaurus, Yingshanosaurus, Huayangosaurus, Chialingosaurus, and Tuojiangosaurus are now considered to be Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian in age. By the way, is there a copy of the paper I could look at?
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