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  1. Frightmares

    Aguja Formation Vertebra

    I found this vertebra in some Aguja Formation micro matrix. It measures 4mm by 3mm. It's cretaceous in age from Brewster County, Texas. It looks very different from any fish vertebrae that I've ever found. It does seem to have a bit of damage. I'm thinking maybe reptilian. Possibly lizard? What do you guys think?
  2. Microraptorfan

    mongolian fossil

    is this a lizard from mongolia, or something else?
  3. Hello, I'm currently looking to purchase reptile material and found this Keichousaurus fossil from the Guizhou Province of China. It is being offered on a popular auction site. It is supposedly Triassic. Is this fossil genuine? Restored? Thanks for the help.
  4. I recently bought the "fossil" pictured below. I was told it was a dinosaur but that was all they knew. Because of the lack of information and the low price, I'm inclined to believe it is a fake. However, it looks very real, though I would guess it's an aquatic lizard, not a dinosaur. I wanted to get the opinion of those in this forum as to whether or not it is real, and regardless of authenticity, see if anyone knows what animal it is. The slab is about 9 x 5/12 inches (23 x 14 centimeters). Also note that my camera auto adjusts the pictures and adds extra contrast, making the fossil in the picture look extra dark and the slab lighter. The first picture is the most color accurate. Thank you all!
  5. Blueleader11

    Fossil ID Help here

    I found this Fossil in an old family coin collection.Don’t know where it originated from. A collector said maybe a salamander.
  6. Hi, The seller seems to be upfront about a few of the fingers being enhanced and the matrix having been repaired/glued to some mason board or something. Any red flags about the rest?
  7. Tidgy's Dad

    Early Lizard Evolution.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-63387402
  8. JoshuaC

    Marine reptile fossils?

    Hi everyone, I recently took over a collection of fossils from an estate. I think these are marine reptiles, but I'm not sure which species. The labels that had localities were lost by the time I got them. The one without a head is about 43 cm. The other is about 35 cm. Any help on species or where they may have come from is appreciated!
  9. Rikache

    Cretaceous Jaw Section

    Hi there everyone! I recently came across this beautiful jaw section earlier and I was wondering if there was anyone who could help me identify what animal it’s from. The listing states that it was found in Powder River County, Montana, and is listed as a “reptile jaw”. At first glance through my untrained eye I believed it to be crocodilian in nature. But after a little research I now think it could be Taiidae (lizard). Im still very new to this and I could obviously be entirely wrong so I’d greatly appreciate your guys’ feedback. Thank you guys for all your help and for making me feel like a true part of this community. Cheers!
  10. Are Mosasaurs considered lizards?
  11. Midwest fossil

    Tiny embryo

    Hi any suggestions on this one.
  12. I found this fossils in a northern Michigan riverbed. It is 3 grams. I don’t know what it is but there is clearly a lizard like animal with visible head and limbs and torso. There is also a spiral fetus like fossil visible on it’s surface. I would say 60% of this rock is preserved biomass of what looks like about 3 different specimens. I uploaded images of it dry, wet, and exposed to steam in a bathroom…
  13. Praefectus

    REMPC M0013

    From the album: Prae's Mosasaurs

    Carinodens belgicus - The corn-kernel toothed mosasaur.
  14. Found an interesting fossil in my Nat Geo fossil and gemstone kit. Looks like the head of a bird, lizard, or maybe even a tiny dinosaur. Location unknown. US Quarter for scale. Fossil learning guide doesn't say anything about this fossil. Please help identify.
  15. I found this big rock that appears to be hematite with a lizard fossil on it. The pictures make it harder to tell but I see the head on the right and a foot bones just below it. The bottom picture is a closer look at the head and the front leg. If I need to zoom in better on any particular area let me know and I will post some more pictures. Does anybody think this is a fossil? Sure looks like it.
  16. Hi all! Very new to fossils, but hope to be stickin' around long term! While on a trip to Traverse City, MI this past weekend, I came across what appeared to be an amazing Moroccan crocodile skull fossil specimen (pics attached) at a mineral, fossil, and jewelry shop. The seller agreed to sell it for at a discount with guaranteed authenticity. I excitedly posted it on a fossil subreddit when I got home, and was immediately informed this specimen was an obvious fake from Morocco, and that Moroccan fossils are often fakes. One user specified the skull was likely constructed with sand, glue, and plaster, and the teeth are real fossil mosasaur teeth (stating isolated teeth were common from the late Maastrichtian, 66-67 Ma.) and they are placed in plaster skulls to scam tourists. He also said the general texture is off (appears to be sculpted sand in plaster), the skull lacks sutures, it has incorrect anatomy for the species they were attempting to recreate, and the top and bottom jaw should not be fused as they appear in this fossil. I'm ashamed I didn't catch any of this, as I'm a Research Scientist by trade who taught anatomy in grad school. Rookie mistake. I notified the seller of all of this, and he insists it's 100% authentic and that the dealer he purchased it from has never sold him a fake fossil in 10+ years. I am going to send him this thread, so could any members please chime in and confirm that this is indeed a very fake fossil Moroccan croc skull, or correct me of it isn't? I truly wish it was real, it's so dang cool! Thanks!
  17. AndyT

    Scales, arm and a claw.

    Hi Guys, First of all, I'm not a fossil hunter, so forgive my vagueness. I stumbled across this about fifteen years ago whilst exploring an abandoned quarry in the North East of the UK. I can't remember exactly where it was, as I was only 15 at the time and had quite a poor sense of direction! It's quite interesting as it seems to have scales, and arm and a claw. Let me know what you guys think!
  18. PaleoNoel

    Parasaniwa Tooth

    Happy New Year everyone. Tonight I thought I might post a fossil whose identity I wanted to confirm. I found it in Wyoming's Lance formation this summer and someone told me it might be a Pachycephalosaur premaxillary tooth because of it's carinae and ridges at the base. However after comparing my tooth to examples I could find online I felt that this ID was incorrect. Eventually I looked back over one of @Troodon's threads and found a jaw labelled as parasaniwa and those teeth matched what I had found. My tooth is about 6 mm long and about 3 mm wide.
  19. PaleoNoel

    Lance fm. Potential Varanoid Tooth?

    Hi everyone, I found this small tooth over the summer in a Lance formation channel deposit in Wyoming. In the field I didn't know what to make of it, too recurved and compressed to be croc, no visible serrations either so probably not a non avian theropod. Months later I took a closer look at it and continued to search for its potential identity. I thought to myself could it be a mammal canine. After some online browsing I couldn't find a match for anything in the Hell Creek/Lance fauna. However, after posting it on an instagram story, I got a few suggestions. One of the more intriguing of those suggestions came from @Mioplosus_Lover24 who believed it was probably a varanoid lizard, potentially Palaeosaniwa. I looked for any images of Palaeosaniwa teeth online and came up empty handed, but I did find some similarities between my tooth and that of the Cretaceous Mongolian varanoid Estesia and a modern example of a monitor teeth. The length is approximately 6 mm and the width at the base is 2 mm. monitor skull I found online Estesia mongoliensis skull described in a 2013 paper by Norell & Yi
  20. "This discovery adds a super-cool piece to the puzzle of this obscure group of weird little animals," said study co-author Edward Stanley, director of the Florida Museum of Natural History's Digital Discovery and Dissemination Laboratory. "Knowing they had this ballistic tongue gives us a whole new understanding of this entire lineage." https://phys.org/news/2020-11-earliest-rapid-fire-tongue-weird-extinct.html
  21. MartynH

    Isle of Wight Lizard Vertebra?

    This was found today in the shingle at Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight and the geology is Solent Group so Late Eocene to Early Oligocene. I am aware that lizard jaws have been found here as well as snake vertebrae but this does not look like snake to me so wondered if it might be lizard? Any help to identify would be very much appreciated. Cheers Martyn
  22. Tolmanbridge

    Unknown Cretaceous Bones

    This is my first posting so I hope I am doing this correctly. I have a few bones that I have found in the Morin Bridge area, east of Three Hills, Alberta. It is Cretaceous era. The first is a small bone that looks like part of a skull, possibly lizard. The second set is a tooth. My guess is a worn crocodile but they are rather rare in that area. It is flat like a ray tooth but I think that is due to wear. It also has a single root rather than a split one like on a ray. The third is a large bone that has an unusual shape so I am hoping it is something someone would recognize. Thanks for any assistance you can give me. I collected dino fossils since the mid sixties and have quite a few that I need some help with so will probably be posting more. Back in the 90's I took a chance and registered my collection with the Tyrrell Museum so I have a disposition certificate. Andy Neuman, (spelling) from the museum actually came up and looked at some of the fish jaws I had but they did sign over what I have, thank goodness. Here are the photos.
  23. Hello everyone! I was just curious as to what you think of this specimen. I'm aware users here are (understandably) very sceptical of lizards in amber/copal, so I'd love to hear what you have toto say about it. Here are the details: Species is unknown From Colombia, thought to be from Pliocene/Pleistocene The lizard measures 30 millimetres. Total measurement with copal is 50 x 40 x 0.50 mm Full image: Base - partial tail and leg, with one foot visible on the right Torso - possible predation? Also note the little stump where the leg should be. Head - possible mineralised blood above head? Note large bug on the left Bugs located at the top, to the right of the head
  24. Hi everyone, I've been hesitant to post this fossil on here for a while as I didn't know if I wanted to hear a response which would contradict what I had hoped this would be. However, I recognize that to maintain a reliable and accurate collection I would have to properly identify what I found. The fossil in question is a possible partial egg that I found last year in the White River formation of Wyoming (Late Eocene/Early Oligocene) w/PaleoProspectors. This formation is known to produce fossil bird and reptile eggs (in fact, someone found a large, complete egg on this ranch the week before I was out there) so I knew that there was a possibility. When I found it most of the inside still contained sediment, which I have since gently scraped away to the best of my abilities. It has an odd dent in the top and no obvious pores, but the overall shape and the apparent shell make me think this is an egg. It is 8 mm tall and about 10 mm in diameter. I want to know what you all think. I would especially like to hear the opinions of @CBchiefski @jpc @MarcoSr @Auspex@Troodon Interior of the egg before I cleaned out the matrix. After I scraped away the matrix. Here's two views of the top.
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