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Unknown North African theropod dinosaur maxilla, carcharodontosaurid or abelisaurid?
liuhaowang45 posted a topic in Fossil ID
This is very perplexing, and the provider is also unsure of what it is. Initially, I thought it belonged to a Carcharodontosaurid, but upon closer examination, I don't think so. Considering other theropods from North Africa, perhaps it is more akin to Abelisaurid or Afrovenator？？
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Hello, I just signed up here because I am looking for fossil data on the Cenomanian North African hybodont Distobatus nutiae. Information on it has proven to be elusive and I do not have the means to access the article in which it was first described. I am particularly interested in information relevant to the potential size and diet of this species. While I'm at it, in my research I've also noticed that hybodont reconstructions even of the same genus (such as Hybodus) are variously reconstructed with either one or two pairs of cranial claspers. Is it clear from the fossil data how many pairs of cranial claspers male hybodonts were equipped with? Did it vary at the family, genus, or even species level? Hopefully this is the right area of the forum to seek this information, thanks in advance.
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Hello everyone, I'm a novice considering an online purchase. In my corner of the world even poor quality fossils are few and far between both online and and in shops, so I haven't had much oppotunity to get a feel for what's genuine or decent quality and could use some advice. The tooth is listed as a Dromaeosaurus from the not very specific location of North africa. I'd of course prefer if the location was properly specified, but because I rarely see anything worth purchasing, I've ended up considering this tooth in spite of that. I'm wondering whether the tooth has been restored (the tip perhaps? The distal serrations?), it also seems quite shiny but that might just be the lighting. Whether the ID is correct, I know teeth from this area are generally poorly described. The tooth is 16mm long and to me the mesial serrations look smaller than the distal ones and the tooth seems to have slight ridges(?) The photos have been provided by the seller, so I apologize if the image quality is too poor to conclude anything. Thank you for reading my post
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Fossils from North Africa.What fossils? It was the Cretaceous period. Thanks for your answer!
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What kind of dinosaur is this? Vertebrae from North Africa Probably the Cretaceous period But I don't know anything else Thank you for your answer
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Hello together, I just got a package in the mail, that is less fun than fossil hunting outside, but still I like what I see. I got no information on locality or age, but I can assume north africa. It was sold as Basilosaurus neural spine. What I don´t understand is the proximal surface of the left one, it doesn´t look fractured, rather like a complete bone/articulation surface. Also I am not sure if the size is right for Basilosaurus itself. Although I spent some time tinkering with whale anatomy, I have never seen a basilosaurid bone up close, so I am out of my expertise her. Who can help? Scale is in cm/mm Thanks J
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Can anyone tell me what this is? All I know is it’s from Kem Kem. My best guess is some type of crocodile. What else even has all those nerve channels besides crocs and the spinosaur family? I think the shape(top&bottom view) looks similar to pancake croc jaws, and I’m pretty sure there were a number of others with that type of jaw, but I don’t know when and where they were, sooooo.......does anyone have any thoughts about it?
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We did a lot more work on our shark stuff this summer than dinosaurs but we did change how display the non touch fossils. We added a few new items too but stayed light on additions. First up is our updated Cretaceous North Africa display. We added a really nice theropod tooth that fits @Troodon ‘s Morph Type 4 Dromaeosaurid-like profile hence the label for the program. We explain the ID difficulties of fossils so for a tooth like this they know we are not sure of what critter had this tooth. I am pretty happy with how this one looks. We give a nice picture of Cretaceous North Africa from two different times. This is an important part of our program and we have some nice fossils I think. We also have two touch fossils with this section. A limb bone that we go with Spino as the critter and one is a theropod very that we use to talk about Deltadromeus.
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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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Bought from a antique fair and was told it was a mosasaurus from north Africa but not sure , was wondering if a good idea to disassemble and rebuild to a more natural for ? Regards Nathan
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Hey guys Doing fossils and all, I sometimes come across artifacts too, but it's not my cup of tea. Hence I was wondering if anyone would be interested in exchanging these artifacts for fossils? I would consider selling but prefer to trade. These are genuine 850.000 y old hand axes from the early Acheulean of Northern Africa. Best regards.
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I was given that ammonite and the only information i have is it is from the lower jurassic, that it comes from north africa and that it could be a Dactyloceras. Each square is half a centimeter. What do you think ?
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Hi everybody. My sister-in-law gave me fossils she had from her father. They very probably were gathered in North Africa. Each square is half a centimeter. For those first two ones i have no precision on the period. 1)
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It's real? I have no idea what this is!
Seguidora-de-Isis posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello. Good afternoon to everyone here of my favorite forum! I just bought this. But the only thing the seller knows is that came from Morocco, North Africa, but the exact location, geological formation, unfortunately the seller does not know. But due to the fragmentation of red sand, I particularly suspect that this fossil is from Kem Kem. But what is this? Enchodus partial jaw section and tooth fossil? I do not know! Is this 100% real or a compound? Thank you for your help! @Troodon @Tidgy's Dad @Foozil @hxmendoza @RJB @caldigger
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4 FOSSIL DINOSAUR SAUROPOD REBBACHISAURUS SKULL TOOTH 1.jpg
Dpaul7 posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Rebbachisaurus Teeth SITE LOCATION: North Africa TIME PERIOD: Cretaceous Era ( 95,000,000 million years ago ) Data: Rebbachisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur of the superfamily Diplodocoidea, estimated at 14 metres (46 ft) to 20 metres (66 ft) in length, and 7 metric tons (7.7 short tons) in weight, that lived during the Early–Late Cretaceous period in Africa about 99 million years ago. This massive four-legged plant-eating animal had a small head, a long, graceful neck and a whiplike tail. Rebbachisaurus is distinguished from other sauropods by its unusually tall, ridged back. The discovery of Rayososaurus, a South American sauropod nearly identical to Rebbachisaurus, supports the theory that there was still a land connection between Africa and South America during the Early Cretaceous, long after it was commonly thought the two continents had separated. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Saurischia Family: †Rebbachisauridae Genus: †Rebbachisaurus -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Tooth Fossil SITE LOCATION: North Africa TIME PERIOD: Cretaceous Period (80.5 -66 million years ago) Data: Spinosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived in what is now North Africa, from the lower Albian to lower Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period, about 112 to 97 million years ago. This genus was first known from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer in 1915. The best known species is S. aegyptiacus from Egypt, although a potential second species S. maroccanus has been recovered from Morocco. Spinosaurus may be the largest of all known carnivorous dinosaurs, even larger than Tyrannosaurus and Giganotosaurus. Estimates published in 2005 and 2007 suggest that it was 12.6 to 18 metres (41 to 59 ft) in length and 7 to 20.9 tonnes (7.7 to 23.0 short tons) in weight. The skull of Spinosaurus was long and narrow like that of a modern crocodilian. Spinosaurus is known to have eaten fish; evidence suggests that it lived both on land and in water like a modern crocodilian. The distinctive spines of Spinosaurus, which were long extensions of the vertebrae, grew to at least 1.65 meters (5.4 ft) long and were likely to have had skin connecting them, forming a sail-like structure, although some authors have suggested that the spines were covered in fat and formed a hump. Multiple functions have been put forward for this structure, including thermoregulation and display. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Family: †Spinosauridae Genus: †Spinosaurus Species: †aegyptiacus -
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Dpaul7 posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Rebbachisaurus Teeth SITE LOCATION: North Africa TIME PERIOD: Cretaceous Era ( 95,000,000 million years ago ) Data: Rebbachisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur of the superfamily Diplodocoidea, estimated at 14 metres (46 ft) to 20 metres (66 ft) in length, and 7 metric tons (7.7 short tons) in weight, that lived during the Early–Late Cretaceous period in Africa about 99 million years ago. This massive four-legged plant-eating animal had a small head, a long, graceful neck and a whiplike tail. Rebbachisaurus is distinguished from other sauropods by its unusually tall, ridged back. The discovery of Rayososaurus, a South American sauropod nearly identical to Rebbachisaurus, supports the theory that there was still a land connection between Africa and South America during the Early Cretaceous, long after it was commonly thought the two continents had separated. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Saurischia Family: †Rebbachisauridae Genus: †Rebbachisaurus -
Help with Dinosaur teeth purchase
thesoph posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi I am looking to purchase these dinosaur teeth but I am a complete novice. They are labelled as Spinosaurus Aegypiticus (I've probably spelt that wrong!) And it states they are from North Africa, which I believe is all correct aslong as they are genuine. I have attached a photo if anyone can offer advice on whether they are genuine or have been restored? Thanks
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Hello everyone! Its been a while since I've been on TFF, mostly just due to being busy with non fossil related work and not getting out in the field much. I've gone on a few hunts but haven't really come across anything too spectacular recently. Hopefully though thats all about to change! For the past year or so my girlfriend and I have been planning a trip around the world, starting this upcoming July 6th. We're going to be backpacking, camping, fishing, immersing ourselves in new cultures, and doing as much fossil hunting as we possibly can. We'll mostly be relying on our tent, friends, family, couchsurfers, and hostels for places to stay. We've done a ton a research about what we're gonna do, and are getting really excited! We'll be landing in the UK from the east coast of the US, then heading over to Belgium for a couple weeks. Hopefully we'll come across a few shark teeth. Then its back to the UK from late July to October, heading up through Scotland, then into Ireland, then back into southern England. We then head over to Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, then a ferry over to Italy, then Greece, and then on to many more countries afterwards. I've had a love for paleontology since my early childhood, and have read up quite a bit on European fossil localities, but I really only still have a vague picture of what looking for fossils is like in Europe, Africa, and Asia. I'm posting this on the Fossil Forum in the hopes that I can get some general advice, maybe hear a story or two, and maybe even meet up and do some hunting with a forum member or two. Our schedule is very flexible, and both my girlfriend and I would love to hang out and share stories with other fossil hunters from around the world. I'll also be bringing a huge bag of southern California shark teeth to trade and give out along the way As we travel and look for fossils we'll make sure to take lots of photos and post the most interesting finds we come across here in this post. Thanks, Joseph and Katherine
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