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Carcharodontosaurid partially rooted posterior tooth
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Distal serration density is almost 3/mm, for typical Carcharodontosaurus it is ~2/mm. However, I also compared it to my other juvenile wide-crown Carch teeth and it seems that 2.7-3/mm is typical for juveniles. -
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Why are so many teeth coming out of Morocco but skull material rare making identification of teeth nigh on impossible to species level? What holotypes exist? I can’t believe it’s just down to bone preservation as bone material is found, Olof’s album for example shows I get that many of the Moroccan diggers are trying to earn a wage and teeth are popular with little prep work needed so a good turnover but there are professional palaeontologists out there too. @Troodon @Tidgy's Dad @LordTrilobite
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OK, I know it's gonna be an Abelisaurid, gotta check with you guys though! Pictures should say it all.
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Dinosaur Claw Morocco
Seguidora-de-Isis posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello. Good afternoon to all of my favorite forum! Please, these two claws of Dinosaurs. Are they real? Any likely candidates? Claw Nº 01 : ===================================== ===================================== Claw Nº 02 : @Troodon @LordTrilobite
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Turtle skull from Kem Kem
msantix posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi, There is this turtle skull for sale that is from the Kem Kem and i wanted to see if this is real (or if it has restoration work done on it) since this is the first turtle skull i have seen out of the Kem Kem. Thanks :). -
I found this jaw piece of Spinosaurus Marrocanus online. I was wondering if it was real. Thanks in advance.
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Hi all, I have a couple of teeth originating from the Kem Kem basin, that I'm thinking may belong to the same species (whatever that may be). Can't quite decide what they are beyond theropod, so thought the lovely folk here might have some clue.... Tooth #1 has some pretty heavy wear and I get an inkling may have some composition on the base of the tooth, as there is a lot of matrix sitting there. The tooth only has a small number of denticles present on the anterior edge, but they appear to be the same size as those on the distal. Tooth #2 is in much better condition and though the same general shape as #1, it seems to have quite a bit more lateral compression in hand; though that may be because of the smaller size? The denticles on the anterior edge run approx 3/4 down the tooth before ending, and appear to actually be noticeably smaller than those on the posterior edge in this case. Apologies for the quality of the photos (and for the fluff on my index finger that seems to have got in on the act).
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So.......I've recently gotten into fossil collecting. It's very addicting, I'll admit. Anyway, I recently bought a neat little Kem Kem tooth that was supposedly listed as a "dromaeosaur" or "raptor" tooth. It wasn't too expensive, and of a decent size and quality, so if by chance it wasn't some sort of raptor tooth, I wasn't going to cry about wasting money. I have no idea why, since ignorance is bliss, but I had a sudden urge to look up identifying raptor teeth and stumbled across this impressive site (thank you for existing!!!!). I am now quite certain that my Kem Kem "dromaeosaur" tooth is most likely from some abelisaurid species, which I'm totally fine with since I was planning on buying one anyway. I'll post pictures of it later, since I already own it and can (hopefully) have it identified to the most likely species at my leisure. However, I stumbled across this tooth on my search for elusive raptor teeth. The seller has surprisingly (and respectably) titled it as an unclassified tooth from the Kem Kem area. To my amateur eyes, it looks like it might possibly belong to a raptor? It is supposedly 0.6 inch long. These are the only pictures the seller has provided so far, hopefully they will work. It looks like the mesial serrations (hopefully I'm using that right! New words, yay!) look like they curve slightly to the lingual surface at the base, at least to me.... I roughly sized up a picture of a ruler with millimeters to the pictures of the tooth. There are roughly 4 serrations per millimeter on the mesial side, and 3 per millimeter on the distal. What do you think? Lingual surface is the first picture, labial is the second.
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Troodontidae teeth in Kem Kem? (or a misidentified Abelisaur perhaps)
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Recent, I came across several teeth from Kem Kem which intrigued me. At first thought, they reminded me of Troodon teeth, though their serrations were nowhere as big. One seller labelled it as theropoda indet. Another called it Masiakasaurus. I thought they might even be Abelisaurid teeth. What are your thoughts on these?-500x500.jpg.a9894b970dbaa698afc22a60082b1c97.jpg)
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Sorry for the pic quality, iPhone. First one, could it be a rooted Hamadasuchus rebouli tooth? A bit difficult to see but it does have a bulbous end. The middle one Rebbachisaurus garasbae or another sauropod? I’m sure the one on the right is R. garasbae. Spino? Croc? @Troodon @LordTrilobite
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Hi, I saw this unidentified femur from the Kem Kem beds and i was just wondering if it possible to id it or narrow it down to potential candidates. The femur is 1.42" long. Thanks.
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I've recently found an interesting specimen on one website - a phalanx and a claw of a Kem Kem dinosaur (?). Claw is 24 mm, phalanx is 17 mm. I don't know if they are associated. However, the price really surprised me - it is more than twice lower than a typical price for moroccan claws. Do you think it is real? I think I see some restoration on the claw, but I am not very familiar with moroccan dinosaur bones, so I would like to ask opinion of forum members. Do you think I should buy it?
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So I bought one of those small abelisaur teeth that came from kem kem that everyone keeps falsely calling raptor teeth. Does anyone know any more information on it? Abelisaurs have small teeth compared to their heads so the creature probably wasn't too tiny. It's about 1.5 - 2cm with even serrations. As i understand it not much is known of this animal but anything you guys know would be appreciated! -Tom
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so was ti prey or apex predator? This is a partial femur measauring in at 24 1/2 inches or 627mm purchased from a dealer in Merzouga, it has been with him for around three months watched his co workers dig it up cam from the layer of conglomerate sediment.
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So I bought this piece on the internet... It was advertised as a croc limb from Kem Kem. Except it wasn't a croc limb. Upon closer inspection of the images, I figured this was a theropod quadrate bone instead of a croc limb. So now that it has arrived and I could get a proper look. I've come to the conclusion that I bought a part of a huge Spinosaurid skull. It doesn't look anything like the quadrates of Abelisaurs and Allosauroids, while it does show close similarities with those of Spinosaurids. It's a right-hand quadrate bone that is almost complete with an articulated quadratojugal fragment attached to the side. It's huge and must have come from a skull of well over a metre long. Articulated fossils from Kem Kem are really rare. And better yet, since I bought this as a croc limb, it was only like 60 euros. So needles to say, I'm quite happy with my accuisition. This will be a fun one to clean.
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I just acquired some new specimens in my Moroccan Kem Kem dinosaur and reptile tooth collection. Thought i'd show you guys the lot. They are all from the Kem Kem/Tegana Formation near Taouz, Morocco. As you can see i love collecting dinosaur and reptile teeth from this area! The larger ones are incredibly rare and virtually non-existant at the formation nowadays. I'm quite proud of them! What do you guys think? P.S- that "Ankylosaur" tooth was infact looked at by Robert Bakker. He thinks it is from an Ankylosaur, which is ultra rare because no Ankylosaurs are known from the formation yet!
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Hi folks Any idea on this tooth? Loos cetacean to me but wasn't aware cetaceans were found in Kem Kem.
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I know I should recognise this bone. I'm sure I've seen one just like it before, perhaps on this very forum, but an image search drew a blank. It's very distinctive. It has a completely flat, lobe shaped surface that it stands up on perfectly. 4.5cm long. Any pointers would be appreciated. Standing upon the flat surface: Flat surface sloping on the left:
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I recently bought a whole bunch of chunkosaur pieces. Most unidentifiable. But there was some interesting stuff in there as well. This piece in particular looks interesting. At first glance it looks like just a chunk of bone. But then I noticed that most sides still show the outside cortical bone without much damage. The two main sides which are both subtly rounded, are vertically straight and seem to converge into a point. The whole thing is roughly cone shaped. Viewing it from the pointed end it is roughly oval shaped. There is a flat bit on the "underside" of the cone. The bone structure is very dense on one side and very rugose and open near the tip and the other side of the bone, indicating possible fast growth or remodeling. The broken inside also shows a lot of open spaces and air pockets. Now the problem is, that this looks to me like some kind of spike or horn. But I don't know of anything in the Kem Kem beds that has these kinds of structures. Crocodiles have scutes and such, but this piece doesn't resemble armour as it doesn't seem dense enough. Ankylosaurs have spikes, but those aren't present in Kem Kem and their armour is denser as well. The closest thing I could find with a similar shape, was the brow horn of Carnotaurus, which is also not present in Kem Kem. It's a really weird shape that I can't seem to place. Any ideas? Side and "top" rounded surface with dense bone. Other side view and the other rounded side. Cross section of dense bone. "bottom". And broken tip of the "spike". Details.
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