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Found this one in the water near Fossil Beach at Westmoreland State Park. Very smooth on one side. Any suggestions? Is it a skull piece or maybe a joint piece?
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Mosasaur Skull I’d like to acquire
JJ Lavoie posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
This is what is said to be an authentic mosasaur skull being sold from the location of MOROCCO. They said it was glued from the fossils found at the site. I am really interested in buying it but know they love to fake some fossils there. It doesn’t look like the terrible alligator looking ones I see on online auction site and around other sites. Matches what they normally look like but am not sure if anyone can tell from the pictures provided. -
When i found this pebble I wasnt expecting much from it. I thought it was just afew ichthyosaur eye plates When I started preparing it a partial small crocodile skull was slowly revealed. Here it is in comparison with my complete larger skull so you can see which part of the skull it is.
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Working on a Hyracodon Skull, still have some work to do, but here is the progress so far. What do you guys think?
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Last ID needed…for now! small skull, split lower jaw, small back teeth. 60mm long, 35mm across ridge down center of the skull. any help with identification will be greatly appreciated.
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These two skulls I found near Pingree, ND [the one without clovers], and near Adrian, ND. I believe they're from the same animal.
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Hell Creek Fossil ID Help - Triceratops Frill, Squamosal skull fragment, or fish?
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Dimensions: To begin, the specimen is 36cm long, 19cm wide at the base (widest point), and about 7cm thick at the thickest point (base). Background: I am a student doing research in the Museum of Biodiversity at Notre Dame. I have begun a project to try to identify many of the fossils in the collection. Many years ago, there was a faculty member who was a paleontologist who collected specimens for many years, most of which now reside in the museum. The issue is that he passed away suddenly and left many fossils without much or any information attached. From what I have been able to gather, most of his fossils have come from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana (66-65 mya, late Cretaceous), due to all of his fossils in field jackets coming from this location (like this one, that I removed from the jacket). All other jackets (that are currently opened) in the museum contain remnants of a triceratops. There are many more that have not been opened from the field, which I believe were collected in the mid 1990s (unimportant). Because of the ambiguous nature of the fossil and my inexperience with fossils (I have just started exploring the field). I am the only person in the museum who has touched the fossils in at least 5-7 years, as there is no full-time geologist or paleontologist on faculty at ND, and the collection is solely taken care of by students who have interests. Identification?: When I first started working on the fossil, it was labelled with an identification as "Fish?". I have absolutely no idea who tentatively identified it as such, and in looking at it, I have no idea what led them to the conclusion. I, personally, do not see anything fish-like about it, sans the vague shape resemblance. Because of this, and my suspicions about where it was found and what other fossils are found at Hell Creek, I thought that it was unlikely a fish. From the concentration of ceratopsidae that are found in the formation and the amount that we have in the museum, I started to explore the possibilities of it being a part of one. Because the museum also has other parts of the same triceratops skull such as two horns, the beak, and one small skull fragment. I first thought that it may be a frill, due to the lines that I thought might be blood lines, which are found on most frill fragments, but the patterns appeared to be different (see photo 2). I then looked into other parts of the skull that might fit this fossil fragment. Following this, and based on the ridge that runs along what I assume to be the back of the specimen, I theorized that the it may be a piece of the squamosal bone morphology of the skull of a ceratopsian. Also, because there are parts of an ankylosauridae in the museum, I thought that it may be an armor fragment. Please know that these preliminary identifications are based on my limited knowledge of the morphology of late Cretaceous animals, and the lack of information I have on this specific fossil. Any help will be appreciated, and I will be looking closely to respond any questions on the subject. Lastly: As I am beginning in the subject of paleontology, where do you suggest that I can get my information? Are there any preferred resources, textbooks, or databases where I can increase my knowledge? Thank you for your help, and I look forward to learning more and maybe eventually contributing to the Fossil Forum when I learn more in the future. I have been using the one textbook in the museum dealing with fossils of these sort, where I read about the frills and skull morphology of ceratopsidae: Romer, Alfred S. (1966). Vertebrate Paleontology. The University of Chicago Press.- 4 replies
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Hi TFF, I found a small skull walking the beach at Flag Ponds this morning. It measures about 3" long and 2" wide, thinking some sort of small mammal based on the font teeth. The skull is quite heavy and fits the same color/weight/texture of the numerous bone fragments found in the area. Images edited to show further detail, would appreciate help with an ID In situ: Close-ups
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I found this a while back and figured it was just a piece of pelvis or some other unidentifiable bone. Once I started cleaning it up I noticed what looked like a couple of teeth sticking out. I started cleaning out all the nooks and crannies and discovered that these holes passed all the way from one into the other and you could push a pipe cleaner all the way through them. I don’t know which way is up or down on this thing or what kind of animal it could’ve possibly come from. It is solid all the way through and heavy. Found in North Central Nebraska. @jpc
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Got this jaw/skull piece at a shop recently that was labeled Hyracodon. I don't think it looks like Hyracodon, but I don't know what it could be. Any ideas?
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Inexperienced and about to get scammed
Grim_realm posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Dear all, I've just stumbled upon this forum and am grateful to all of you for all the information and support you're giving. I would like to start a collection of fossils but have basically no knowledge on the matter. A few days ago I saw an auction on a common website with "expert confirmation and estimated price" and it was expiring a few hours later. I saw an opportunity and jumped on it. And by looking at the claw - I think I got scammed. So far I haven't payed for anything, but I'm being pressured to do so. Could someone tell me if all 3 are fake? The skeleton and the claw are from one seller, the skull is from another. The pictures of the claw obviously show 2 different ones, but they should be "the one" I won. Please advise -
Had it suggested to me on Treasure Net that this could be a cranium of some sort, what are your thoughts? - Roughly 2.5"x2.5" and spherical in shape - appears to have some sort of seam that's visible from the outside but not the inside - Hard and inflexible (overall strength and hardness I'd compare to a thick popsicle stick) - Found on a newly exposed sand bank along the North Saskatchewan River
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Mosasaur Skull Real or Fake
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Hello, friends! Just joined. We have had this fossil for years. Husband can't remember, but he thinks he found it in Wyoming as a young boy. We have always wondered what it was. Thank you in advance for any help! Cool site!!!
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Largest piece i've come across. Yorktown formation - VA. It was found with what I believe was a bunch of smaller whale skull pieces. I'm at a loss for what this could be. Doesn't look quite look like a skull piece, or mandible, or rib, but i'm not an expert. There is one smooth section on the inside of piece, maybe helpful in identification. I would love others thoughts on what they think it is? Thanks!
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Hello I have found this in a river bed hiking with my family. I think its fairly old but how is hard to tell . The location was in the middle of a river that was lower then usual . I found 2 skulls and so many other bones that we gave up picking them up . 20230806_090919.heic 20230806_090916.heic 20230806_082646.heic 20230723_092521.heic 20230723_092512.heic 20230723_092517.heic
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We find lots of tiny fossils in this area and my son's were hoping for help identifying these treasures. Picture 2 & 3 are the same fossil just turned over. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I found this today out on the brazos river and I’m not sure what it is exactly. When I first picked it up my thought was mammoth or mastodon skull just from pictures I have seen. Can anyone help me identify this?
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I saw this for sale and was wondering if anyone could verify that this is indeed part of a pachy skull. It looks right to me, but I just wanted to make sure. It’s from hell creek formation. Thanks!
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A little art project I’m working on. The teeth are all real, no restorations - all found by myself and my daughter. I get that the teeth aren’t t-rex but I just liked the skull replica (bought online). I also get that the teeth aren’t necessarily in the right position or arch, but I figured 99.999%of people would never know. The original skull had horrible looking teeth before I broke them all out Feel free to tell me what’s blatantly wrong and I can fix it, or replace with other teeth I’ve got. Next up is working on a frame to hang it in. I was thinking a sheet metal backing with a wood frame and some led lights behind the skull? Any thoughts or ideas in a display? thanks
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