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I found this in a grey strata it was like a geod but when i opened it i found it like that .. please help for ID
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Hi all, At the local market yesterday I bought these 4 teeth (in total for a very low price). All 4 are said to come from Morocco, but the seller didn't say the exact location. But I suppose that they are either from Kem Kem or Khouribga. Anyways I would just like your opinion on them (what species, 100% original or slightly reconstructed, anything I could do to "improve" them, etc). Thanks in advance! Best regards, Max Tooth #1: sold as a spinosaur tooth (so I suppose it's from Kem Kem).
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Hi guys going through my deep box of Kem Kem bits is this. I guess it’s croc, maybe Elosuchus? @Jesuslover340 @LordTrilobite @Troodon
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I obtained a rather attractive triobite today (my first one) but knowing that these fossils are often tampered with to some degree or another, I decided to put a little acetone on it to see if I could expose any restoration or remove any coatings that may have been applied (I want it for macro photography purposes, and coatings would ruin that). I covered it in acetone, left it for a few minutes, then rinsed it off. Now, instead of being jet black like it was originally, it looks silvery grey - like this: Of all the things I expected, it turning grey wasn't one of them. I thought black or brown were the natural colours. I don't really think the whole trilobite can be a fake, because for one thing it's too flawed, and for another the eyes have the tiny, tiny lenses. Have I just impacted upon a coating without removing it, or what? Any suggestions welcome!
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Mysterious bones of Kem Kem - Morocco?
Seguidora-de-Isis posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Good morning to everyone at TFF! In my box with Kem Kem fossils, I'm posting here 3 more mysterious fossils. Any help is welcome! My thanks to all who can help me! ============================================ ============================================ Bone Nº 01 Size: 26 mm ============================================ ============================================ Bone Nº 02 Size: 17 mm ============================================ ============================================ Bone Nº 03 Size: 23 mm @Troodon @LordTrilobite -
I bought this vertebra a while back from our favourite auction site. Initially I bought it just because it looked like a nice vertebra, and I didn't think much of it. But when I had the real fossil in my hands I noticed that it's quite bizarre. I've never seen anything like it. So far everyone I've asked was stumped as well (though some suggested it might be croc). So I was wondering if someone here maybe had an idea. @Troodon maybe? It's a fairly nice centrum of a caudal vertebra, as the bottom does show some worn articulation surfaces for a chevron. And even though the neural arch is mostly missing, there doesn't seem to be an attachment for a lateral process. So I'm guessing it's pretty far down the tail of the animal. Though not as far down the tail since there is a chevron attachment. Now, there are mainly two weird aspects this vertebra has. For a caudal vertebra, the neural canal is really wide. The neural canal is also excavated a little into the centrum so that both the front and back of the centrum that gives it sort of "ears" on the top of the articulation surface. Then there is a kind of pinched area on the sides of the centrum. Looking at the sides of the centrum, the bottom middle is a lot wider than in the area dead centre. Here there the centrum is laterally pinched, making this area as thin as the neural canal is wide. So the centrum is maybe a centimeter thick in this area. Then immediately above it where a subtle shadow can be seen just below where the neural arch starts there is a wide horizontal bulge, making it the widest part of the vertebra right above the thinnest part. Any ideas?
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I picked this up for a few quid in a Spanish market from a Moroccan dealer, who usually sells good stuff, but I'm fairly certain it's a fake, it was too cheap, the colour's not quite right and i would say some of it has been carved and painted. It has a couple of bits of real Cambrian trilobite on the back and seems to have a bit of a Flexicalymene or the like glued on top to provide authenticity. What do you guys think?
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Trilobite Crotalocephalus real?
Seguidora-de-Isis posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Good afternoon to all! Is this Trilobite Crotalocephalus Gibbus really real? From which part of Morocco is it discovered? What would be the Period, Era, and Millions of years?
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Hi! I would like to exchange these fossils for Miocene material or Mesozoic/Cenozoic echinoids/corals. Unfortunately, I can only trade with european members. 1-Mosasaur teeth;spinosaur tooth;otodus obliquus tooth (if you need more info, please pm me).
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Found this interesting little bone in among some scrap Kem Kem bones. At first the shape struck me as suggesting a digit of some sort, just wondered whether any further ID might be possible? (Or maybe its not a digit at all?)
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Hello Fossil Forum! First time post but been a reader for a while now. I just got back from my honeymoon in Morocco and of course along the way stopped in Erfoud to look at fossils. We went specifically to Macro Fossiles Kasbah where they had a huge selection of fossils and fossils-turned-into-home-goods (sinks, table-tops, etc.). There were huge sheets of fossils, a cutting and polishing area, etc. It seemed legit and I was walking around with the owner for an hour, Raffa, whose dad had owned the place since the 70s. He was very enthusiastic when I showed interest and had a (very rough compared to this forum) knowledge of what we were looking at. At any rate, I picked up two pieces that I would love your opinions on. Both from a specific-identification perspective and a quality / validity perspective. Obviously we have one trilobite and one crinoid. From my eyes I can tell the Crinoid is a composite of what seems to be a few pieces with a bit of filler in there. Not ideal but I love that it's one animal in focus for a smaller piece like this. The stone you see is 14" tall. The spiny trilobite he kept in his office and only showed me after a longer conversation. I believe it to be real and a fairly good example considering its age. The stone you see is 10" tall. Would love opinions on specific species and thoughts on the prep quality. Plan on mounting these vertically in custom frames for a larger specimen wall and hope I made a couple wise purchases! Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
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Is this dual triobite fossil composite?
Golem posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
This specimen caught my eye and I was wondering if the two trilobite were put together artificially? My second question is about the black color on these trilobites. I am not sure if they have shoe polish coating over them or the black color occurred naturally? I am still waiting for the seller to send me better close up pictures on the eye of Paralejurus, although it has nothing to do with the topic I will update the pictures when I get them. Of course any additional assessments on the fossil are greatly appreciated.
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There are some scientific theories in support of this shark being the great grandfather of C. megalodon. This species was one of the major oceanic predators of the Eocene and the shark at it's time was the largest of the Eocene sharks known in the fossil record. O. obliquus went extinct during the mid-Eocene and the largest shark to continue the line of mega-sharks was C. auriculatus. Both O. obliquus and C. auriculatus had cusps on both sides of the tooth root. O. obliquus teeth can grow up to a couple of inches implying the shark would have been anywhere from one and a half to twice the size of the largest Great White sharks of our modern day oceans though this is merely speculation and is based on the tooth to shark ratio modeled in modern C. charcarias.
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Dear members, I've not posted in the ID section from a long time, but I'm wondering if anyone can give me a more precise ID on these forgotten in time cones from Morocco I had in my collection. As far as I know, they are not well documented. Any suggestion is welcomed.
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Up for sale on everyone's favorite auction website is the following while it doesn't look fake I am very cautious about buying anything from the site when it comes to fossil remains. I'm guessing the usual suspects troodon and lordtrilobite can help me
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Frankentooth or are these teeth real?
Seguidora-de-Isis posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I have some doubts about this lot of Moroccan of teeth fossils. All opinions are welcome, and I thank you! Fossil Nº. 01 - Peyeria lybica fossil teeth (kem kem) It's real? I do not know if it has already been described scientifically ... How should I label this in my collection? ============================================================ Fossil Nº. 02 - Ceratodus fossil teeth (kem kem) It's real? I do not know if it has already been described scientifically ... How should I label this in my collection? ============================================================ Fossil Nº. 03 - Pterosaur Coloborhynchus fossil teeth (kem kem) It's real?
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Hi guys this is the rest of my ammonites
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Braincase of a bony fish.
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Distal caudal vertebra of a Spinosaur. This is from the very end of the tail. It's position is likely close to vertebra 40. The neural canal is quite wide and the centrum is laterally pinched in the middle.
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Real Morocco Trilobites or not?
Golem posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
HI guys, I know Morocco fossils are a general no no for entry level folks like me. However this particular piece caught my eye and I quite like how it looks. It has 2 Phacops and 1 Paralejurus on the same matrix Would be great if I can get some more insight from the experts on this forum. Thank you.
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Looks like the Kem Kem is giving up a few new secrets. Xericeps curvirostris is the latest newly described Pterosaur from the region. Unfortunately it's a paywalled paper. The papers illustrations can be see in a thumbnail by hitting the 3 green lines on the upper left of the link http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667117304044 Author :David M Martill, David M Unwin, Nizar Ibrahim, Nick Longrich Publication date 2017/9/14 Journal Cretaceous Research Publisher Academic Press Description Abstract A new genus and species, Xericeps curvirostris gen. et sp. nov., is erected for a highly distinctive pterosaur mandible from the mid-Cretaceous (? Albian to lower Cenomanian) Kem Kem beds of south east Morocco. The new taxon is referred to Azhdarchoidea based on the absence of teeth, slenderness of its mandible with sulcate occlusal surface, presence on the posterior section of the mandibular symphysis of short paired ridges bounding a central groove, and the presence of elongate foramina on its ... Scholar articles A new edentulous pterosaur from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of south eastern Morocco DM Martill, DM Unwin, N Ibrahim, N Longrich - Cretaceous Research, 2017 @LordTrilobite @Seguidora-de-Isis
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Hi everyone, I've put this post in the Fossil ID area as I think it is a suitable place for it. I'm in the process of identifying 1000s of Moroccan sand tiger teeth and I've been accumulating all the information I could find. There is no one piece of literature that does it all. I hope to update this through time and get feedback from those more knowledgeable than myself that all the information is correct. Let me know if I have made a mistake and I will correct it. I hope this will be a useful resource for everyone. First, here is Arambourg 1952: http://hybodus.free.fr/maroc/Arambourg%20%20&%20alii%20Vert%E9br%E9s%20fossiles%20des%20gisements%20de%20 (Copy and paste into your browser) Now, there have been a few revisions since 1952. Here is what I could find: Name in Arambourg 1952 New valid name (if applicable) O. whitei Arambourg, 1952 Striatolamia whitei (Arambourg, 1952) O. macrota premut. striata (Winkler) 1874 Striatolamia macrota (Agassiz, 1843) O. robusta var. africana Arambourg, 1952 Carcharias robustus africanus (Arambourg, 1952) O. hopei s./sp. atlantica Arambourg, 1952 O. koerti (Stromer) 1910 Brachycarcharias koerti (Stromer, 1910) O. tingitana Arambourg, 1952 Carcharias tingitana (Arambourg, 1952) O. speyeri Dart. et Casier, 1943 O. substriata Stromer, 1910 Carcharias substriatus (Stromer, 1910) O. substriata mut. atlasi Arambourg, 1952 Brachycarcharias atlasi (Arambourg, 1952) O. vincenti (Woodward) 1899 Brachycarcharias lerichei (Casier, 1946) O. winkleri Lerice 1905 Note that O. stands for Odontaspis. If the space in the "new valid name" column is blank, then the name in Arambourg 1952 is still valid.
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Left postorbital of a large crocodile. There are also small fragments of the frontal and squamosal attached to it.
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What is the id for this heteromorph ammonite from Morocco?
Heng Yong Seng posted a topic in Fossil ID
I am collecting heteromorph ammonite and one vendor is offering this ammonite to me. He does not have the id. For me its appearance (i.e. color and shininess) is quite different from what I have collected.
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