dinosaur man Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Hi I am wondering if you can get a positive ID out of these fossils I might be acquiring thanks!! The first is a ceratopsian vertebrae from the horseshoe canyon formation of Alberta Canada the second is a Cetiosaurus bone piece cut of a sauropod leg bone from Oxford England and last is some teeth of Gojirasasaurus from the bull canyon formation of New Mexico USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 If more photos are needed just ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arion Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I don’t think you can get a more specific ID for the ceratopsian vertebra (several genera from HCF); I’d be hesitant to assign a genus to the sauropod bone in the second picture, unless the seller can provide some confirmation it came from a Cetiosaurus (which I think is extremely unlikely). @Troodon should be able to help you with the teeth. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 6 minutes ago, Arion said: I don’t think you can get a more specific ID for the ceratopsian vertebra (several genera from HCF); I’d be hesitant to assign a genus to the sauropod bone in the second picture, unless the seller can provide some confirmation it came from a Cetiosaurus (which I think is extremely unlikely). @Troodon should be able to help you with the teeth. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Ok let me help. Best identification you can place on these are. Ceratopsian dorsal vertebrae (size might help narrow down possibilities) Sauropod indet as for the teeth I believe even Troodon is unable to identify BCF teeth because of the lack of information published, the general thinking is that there is a lot being passed off as dinosaurian when in fact they are reptile. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 On the Ceratopsian vertebra can you post non obtuse pictures of the front and side, those angle shots are worthless to try to verify something. Not going to get any closer than family level. The tooth is not a Gojirasasaurus and most likely not even dinosaurian unfortunately that morphology has not been described to the best of my knowledge. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_sea_urchin Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 For the "cetiosaur", I doubt that it's even dinosaur. Marine reptiles are common there, much more so than dinosaurs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 Thanks everyone and I will get more photos of the ceratopsian vertebrae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 Here’s some more photos @Troodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Do you have any straight in photos of face of the centrum? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 No that’s all the seller has when I get them I’ll show you other photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 I ask the Cetiosaurus seller how they ID the fossil and they said it’s 100% authentic and that’s it now I found something else and am wondering is this a segnosaur egg from China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Egg is a complete fake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Yeah that "egg" looks really bad. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Common method to fake these “eggs”: A limestone with quartz? veins is ground in egg form and then placed in an acid bath. 2 Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 I cannot comment on the bones, but the egg is cr*p. And as long as you are looking for education form us, 'verterbae' with an e at the end is the plural of 'vertebra' with no e. You're welcome.... Grammar Police. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tidgy's Dad Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 8 hours ago, jpc said: I cannot comment on the bones, but the egg is cr*p. And as long as you are looking for education form us, 'verterbae' with an e at the end is the plural of 'vertebra' with no e. You're welcome.... Grammar Police. Nee na! Nee na! "...form us....." ? Grammar Police. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 9 hours ago, jpc said: I cannot comment on the bones, but the egg is cr*p. And as long as you are looking for education form us, 'verterbae' with an e at the end is the plural of 'vertebra' with no e. You're welcome.... Grammar Police. Also spelled "vertebrae" incorrectly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 18 minutes ago, caldigger said: Also spelled "vertebrae" incorrectly! Crikey! I never noticed: They'll throw me out of the Grammar Police for that sort of oversight. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 @Troodon @LordTrilobite @Haravex @Arion I have one more fossil that needs to be ID I don’t know if this one is possible but it’s a Stegosaurus phalanx from Emery County Utah the Morrison formation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 The phalanx does not appear to be from a Stegosaurus, has more of the appearance of being from a hadrosaur. Preservation also does not look like it's from the Morrison Fm. Stego Feet 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 Ok thanks for ID everything the reason I ask about these is because I’m trying to get some of the more rare dinosaur fossils and Trying to find some of them online for Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 4 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Crikey! I never noticed: They'll throw me out of the Grammar Police for that sort of oversight. I guess my typing skills (and proofreading skills) are just not up to snuff to be Grammar Police of the first degree. (I always always always type 'form' when I mean 'from'). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 I agree, that last toe bone looks like hadrosaur. It looks more like something that might possibly be from Judith River formation. Nice piece tho. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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