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Spinosaurus vertebra prepped


Ruger9a

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Good morning.  Since it's dinosaur Friday I thought I'd share a Spinosaurus vertebra that I prepped.  The first photo is the "before".

 

 

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Don't know how they got mixed up but the "before" photo is now number 4.  Here's the last photo.

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4 minutes ago, Ruger9a said:

Don't know how they got mixed up but the "before" photo is now number 4.  Here's the last photo.

 

Fixed. ;) 

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  • Fossildude19 changed the title to Spinosaurus vertebra prepped

Very nice prep work. But I think that's a crocodile cervical vert, not Spinosaurid.

Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite

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1 hour ago, LordTrilobite said:

Very nice prep work. But I think that's a crocodile cervical vert, not Spinosaurid.

I am leaning this way as well. 

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Nice prep work.  Unfortunately most of bones sold from the KK are identified as Spinosaurus.  Guess nothing else existed in that fauna.

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snarge.....  Another incorrectly identified fossil (impulse) purchase.  Came with a nice identification card and a "money back" guarantee if not authentic.  I guess they were only referring to the identification card.   Prepping it was fun so I guess I got something for my money.  Thanks guys.

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9 hours ago, Ruger9a said:

snarge.....  Another incorrectly identified fossil (impulse) purchase.  Came with a nice identification card and a "money back" guarantee if not authentic.  I guess they were only referring to the identification card.   Prepping it was fun so I guess I got something for my money.  Thanks guys.

Well it is still a pretty nice vertebra.

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4 hours ago, LordTrilobite said:

Well it is still a pretty nice vertebra.

Yes I agree with you.  Any idea of the species this crocodile vertebrate this belongs to?  I would like to correctly identify it before displaying it again.

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I'm not sure enough study has been done to say conclusively. There are a number of crocs in the Kem Kem beds. The largest being Elosuchus and Hamadasuchus after that. What's the size?

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Oh, I just realized I cropped the ruler completely off the photos….  it's 6.0cm high and 6.0 x 4.0cm wide.

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Hm, not too big, not too small. There's a lot of medium sized crocs in that area I think. I don't think it would be easy to put a name to that until there are more studies on this.

Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite

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Thanks for your time and information.  Maybe some day a study will be completed and more information will become available.  Until then I'll just list it (correctly) as a croc vertebrate from Kem Kem Morocco.

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