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Got this kem kem bone at the denver show. What do you guys think? Longest length is about 23 centimeters. Any ideas @Troodon and everyone else? zz
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Small theropod claw?
BirdsAreDinosaurs posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi all. This little claw (1.6 cm) from the Kem Kem beds is claimed to be a theropod claw. Is that correct? Is it possible to id it to family level? Out of curiosity, I was also wondering if it is possible to tell apart avian and non-avian theropod claws. If so, how can you tell? Thanks!
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I got another vert looks decent and different than the other ones i got.
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Some pick ups from the first day of the Denver show. Figured the price was good enough to take a chance on. I am exhausted walking all day there so gonna be brief. Just wondering any and all opinions on these. First vert: Second vert: claw: thanks for looking!
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Hello, I was looking at dinosaur teeth listings and this one caught my interest, it looks kinda like a dromeosaurid but also looks kinda like a carcharodontosaurus tooth. It’s from kem kem, Morocco and measures 0.46 inch. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what it is, thanks
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Hi All, I acquired this piece of fossilised bone fragment recently and was assured that the specimen was Spinosaurus and came from the Kem Kem group, unfortunately I was not able to gather which formation it was from within the group. Although this piece is fragmentary, its hour glass shape and the thin ridges along each side give me hope that someone would know where on the skeleton this bone is from. I've done some quick research and found that Spinosaurus vertebrae are of similar shape but I am not 100% confident that it is a vert. If anyone has any idea which bone it could be, that would be brilliant (apologies for quality of the side images, my camera had trouble focusing on the thin ridge)
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Spinosaurus Tooth, Real or Fake?
micaham posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I recently purchased this Spinosaurus tooth from the Kem Kem beds in Morocco, it’s 3 3/8” long and supposedly has no repair or restoration according to seller. Does the tooth show any signs of repair or restoration? Is it entirely real?
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Fossils from marocco kem kem
Simonsaz posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, what do you think, can i go "wrong" with these fossils from morocco? Are they real? Many greetings -
Hi all, This tooth is from Tegana fm, Kem Kem. I'm thinking it's a morph 10. The mesial carina seems to extend to the base, although it really thins out and gets dense (so I don't think it's a premax). Any input is appreciated. CH: 35mm CBL: 16mm CBW: 10mm Mesial serration density: 2.2/mm Distal serration density: 2.0/mm
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Hey all, While I had my Kem Kem mystery teeth out (i.e., for my post from yesterday), I thought I'd see what you think on this tooth, which I find to be particularly unusual and interesting. Kem Kem is all I've got CH: 14.5mm CBL: 7.3mm CBW: 2.9mm Mesial serration density: about 5/mm Distal serration density: about 3/mm, extremely apically pointed Thank You!
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Hey all, During a discussion about different locations in the Kem Kem, this tooth came up. It always puzzled me, but I figured it was just an odd Carch tooth. But the reaction I got sounded like it was worth taking some better pics of. Any thoughts? Kem Kem is all I've got CH: 26mm CBL: 16mm CBW: 7.75mm Mesial serration density: about 2.75/mm Distal serration density: about 2.75/mm Thank you!!
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Spinosaurus Jaw Piece with Tooth
ConnorR posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I saw this item for sale, said to be a Spinosaurus jaw fragment with an associated tooth glued on. Is it a composite, and does it belong to Spinosaurus?.thumb.jpg.411114bb290b77f5e2bf334dc0a583ca.jpg)
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Hi, Unusual looking tooth here. Sold from Kem Kem and dimensions are 20×8×6 mm. It doesn't look like any tooth I have seen from there before. I am wondering if it could be a more unusual type of crocodile than the usual croc teeth we see. Anyone have any ideas?
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Hello, some time ago I bought these 3 theropod teeth from Morocco. I suspect they come from the Kem Kem Formation, but I'm not sure because the colors are sometimes unusual. Do any of you have any idea what species or groups of dinosaurs we are dealing with here? I first labeled them as Abelisauridae indet., but I'm not sure if that's true, especially for the first tooth. Thank you in advance. Tooth 1:
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Hello fossil lovers, i bought those bones at Sainte-Marie-aux-mines and i need help for identification. All are from Kem Kem. 1 : I think an abelisauroïd (?Noasaurid) cervical but i need confirmation. 2 : no idea about this vert. 3 : distal caudal vert but no idea for the identification. Croc ? Dino ? 4 : Spinosaurid mid-cervical vert but i need to know the exact position
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How real is this Theropod claw from the Kem Kem?
msantix posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi, I have been offered a Kem Kem claw which I think is a theropod hand claw, but when it comes to claws from the Kem Kem, I have little idea on how to spot composites or claws made out of carved bone (or at least, I worry too much about Kem Kem claws no matter how good they seem). Wanted to ask if someone can help me determine if this claw is real, and if so, are there any repairs done on it. Thank you!
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Hello ! Info from seller : Spinosaurid neck vertebra from kem kem . What do you think ? Best regards Guns
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Hello everyone, i saw this mid caudal vert from the Kem Kem on a seller website and i directly understand that it can’t pertain to spinosaurus ; so i compared it with caudals from Ouranosaurus and titanosaurs and i see similarities but i need other opinions to be able to decide for the identification. The first image is the vert from the Kem Kem, the secound is caudals of Tambatitanis (a titanosaur) and the third is a caudal from the Venice Ouranosaurus specimen.
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Hello all Yesterday, I could add a few more items to my ever expanding Kem Kem collection. I am very excited with these pieces, but some of them I have a lot of questions by. 1) This weird lungfish toothplate. Currently there are 3 species of lungfish known from the Kem Kem beds. The first and most common species is Neoceratodus africanus, of which the toothplates are described as 'Toothplates with deeply incised ridges'. The second species is Ceratodus humei, described as 'small toothplates with low ornamentation and only four low ridges' Third species is Arganodus tiguidensis, described as 'small toothplates with a characteristic radiating pattern of ridges' I have the first two species, and have only rarely seen Arganodus popping up in the Kem Kem beds. But now I got this tooth: This tooth doesn't match any of the descriptions of the three regular species of lungfish. The only match I could find was Lupaceratodus useviaensis, a extinct lungfish species from the Cretaceous Galula formation in Tanzania. My tooth is a lot bigger however, standing at 4.5 cm and having 8 ridges instead of the 6 of the Tanzanian specimen. So what could this one be? I'm thinking it's most likely a new species or a species new to the location. I would be happy to hear the opinions of the people on here. 2: Double barbed Onchopristis barbs A while ago I made a topic regarding one of these barbs. The general consensus then was that it was a rare pathology, but now I have multiple specimens with double barbs all found at the same location. They are all in better quality then my first specimen and with the exception of some small repairs, no work has been done on them. Would you all still think this is a pathology? How large is the chance that multiple of these would be found in the same spot? All of these are in the normal size range of Onchopristis barbs. Link to previous topic: 3) This is probably a piece of chunkosaurus. Not sure if it's still in any way recognizable. It was sold as Coelacanth skull bone, but I'm more interested in the weird patterns on the bone. I've been searching a long time for traces of invertebrates from the Kem Kem beds (they don't really fossilize unfortunatly) and I think this time I might have found some. Could these tracks (marked in red) be tunnels of some kind of burrowing creature? If anyone recognizes the weird texture on this piece of bone that would be really helpfull. Thanks in advance Edit: Sources of quotes and image: ‘Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco’. Geraadpleegd 6 juni 2022. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/47517/. Gottfried, Michael, Nancy Stevens, Eric Roberts, Patrick O’Connor, en Remigius Chami. ‘A new Cretaceous lungfish (Dipnoi: Ceratodontidae) from the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania’. African Natural History 5 (1 december 2009): 31–36.
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Authentic Spinosaurus claw?
Mrhenky3 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello everyone, I came across this Spinosaurus claw. I was wondering if this claw is genuine. It looks to me like it consist of multiple fragments added together. Thanks in advance. Location: Kem Kem beds Size: 13 cm
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Hello everyone, someone propose to me this bone from the Kem Kem and i don’t really know what is it. If someone have an idea…
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Spinosaurid tooth acetone soak: worth the risk...
BirdsAreDinosaurs posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
...or just a very bad idea? This is a partial Spinosaurid tooth. The other side of the tooth is completely missing. Areas of the tooth are covered with what I believe is glue mixed with sand or matrix. I really don't like the look of this Moroccon method to "improve" teeth. I already tried to rub the glue/sand mixture off with a acetone covered rag and the tooth looks a bit better than before (although the tip fell off and I had to reattach it with some superglue). Now I am thinking about soaking the tooth in acetone to remove all this glue/ sand mixture and then put it back together with just glue. Could this result in the whole tooth falling apart, as it might be consolidated with glue? What would you do, giving the fact that the tooth was very inexpensive but I still do not like the idea of destroying it? Thanks!
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Another rooted spino tooth
Nanotyrannus35 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I found this spinosaurus tooth online. It seems to have a mostly complete root. However, it does look like it has been repaired, and there might be some restoration, but I can't tell. Thanks for any help. The tooth also appears to have some striations along the carina.
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Another Kem Kem tooth (17 mm). Pretty sure it is Abelisaurid, but it does have some noticable differences with my other Abelisaurid teeth. It is less compressed and one side of the tooth (the lingual?) is pretty flat, while the other side is not. Am I right to assume these are probably just positional differences? Could this be a more anterior tooth? Thanks!
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Hi all! I received this tooth (5 cm) in my mailbox today. My best guess is an anterior Carcharodontosaurid tooth, but I am not entirely sure. It is pretty fat and the distal carina is displaced. What do you think? Thanks!
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