Brammer Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Estimate on origin, age and species . Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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caldigger Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Judging from the matrix, it looks a lot like the Moroccan pieces we typically see. Hopefully one of the other members that deal in that category will pipe in with further information. You will likely be asked for some closer up pictures of all sides. Was this purchased? If so, the dealer had no information on it? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Do you have a locality were it was found. Can you take a closeup of the teeth and lower jaw, I suspect they have been composited. Matrix looks like Ouled Abdoun Basin One candidate from Eocene of Morocco https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Maroccosuchus-zennaroi-Jonet-Wouters-1977-Ypresian-Ouled-Abdoun-Basin-Morocco_fig2_262771697 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Moved to FOSSIL ID. @Brammer Welcome to the Forum. Please refrain from posting the same fossil multiple times. One post in the correct sub-forum is plenty. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammer Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 8 hours ago, caldigger said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammer Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 i have no idea where it was found . How much would something like this be worth ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammer Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Troodon said: Do you have a locality were it was found. Can you take a closeup of the teeth and lower jaw, I suspect they have been composited. Matrix looks like Ouled Abdoun Basin One candidate from Eocene of Morocco https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Maroccosuchus-zennaroi-Jonet-Wouters-1977-Ypresian-Ouled-Abdoun-Basin-Morocco_fig2_262771697 I do not have the locality where it was found. Do you have any idea how much this could be worth ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Sorry Brammer as per Forum rules, no valuations/ appraisals are given on here. You can look up similar items on auction sites for judging what they may fetch on the market. Keep in mind there are a lot of composite skulls or just out right fakes being sold so scrutinize very carefully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 The teeth Im looking at are composited. Jaws are typically not found with skulls so its most likely a composite. If its moroccan they can be found at the Tucson fossil show in Feb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 The teeth almost look like Mosasaur teeth, don't they? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Those teeth all look like croc teeth to me. Mosasaur teeth look different. Prognathodon teeth are more slender and conical, even Prognathodon currii, which has pretty fat teeth has more slender ones than these. And they also do not fit with most Globidens teeth, which are fatter than these. Only some specific teeth of Globidens around the front of the jaw are this pointed. And I doubt that ALL the teeth are anterior Globidens teeth. We need better close up photos of the teeth to be sure if they are composited or not imo. This photo is not adequate. But they do look like the correct teeth. If it's a composite, it's one of the better ones. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammer Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 minute ago, LordTrilobite said: Those teeth all look like croc teeth to me. Mosasaur teeth look different. Prognathodon teeth are more slender and conical, even Prognathodon currii, which has pretty fat teeth has more slender ones than these. And they also do not fit with most Globidens teeth, which are fatter than these. Only some specific teeth of Globidens around the front of the jaw are this pointed. And I doubt that ALL the teeth are anterior Globidens teeth. We need better close up photos of the teeth to be sure if they are composited or not imo. This photo is not adequate. But they do look like the correct teeth. If it's a composite, it's one of the better ones. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 This skull looks odd to me. It is asymmetrical, which is a red flag to me. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 19 hours ago, Brammer said: Thank you Sorry but that's nowhere near good enough of a photo. We'll need much better lighting and closer up to properly see the teeth. The skull does look off a bit. My main issue is that the lower jaw is a different colour. I think this "might" be a mostly complete skull and mostly complete jaw that have been composited together. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossilgrove Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Its Marrocosuchus zenaroi (Crocodilus spenceri) ,phosphate deposits Morocco , the teeth are correct and from that species of croc ,absolutely not Mosasaur , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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