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So...my daughter, budding paleontologist, purchased these via online as fossil tidbits and teeth. Have we been had? 

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I was afraid as much. I did forget to add this pic, tho. It looks slightly more promising than the rest. The edge of it is very finely serrated, and rather sharp, actually, but appears that the very tip has been broken off in recent times...

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To be fair, however, I did think that the one piece in the first photos did bear a striking resemblance to items J and E in this photo of fossils from a wombat-like critter. 

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3 hours ago, Scarletfemale said:

So...my daughter, budding paleontologist, purchased these via online as fossil tidbits and teeth. Have we been had? 

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Not seeing much that makes me thing these are fossils.

The only one that might have potential in my eyes is the one in the second photo. The patterns kinda look a little bit like the spongy inside of bone. Or more likely just the weathering pattern on a regular rock.

I hope they were inexpensive as I don't think these are anything but rocks.

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Lord Trilobite - in your quoted bit, isn’t the top one a bit ungual looking?

 

Scarletfemale - what wombat like creature are you referring?

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3 hours ago, Ash said:

Lord Trilobite - in your quoted bit, isn’t the top one a bit ungual looking?

If it's the underside, maybe?

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Where were the items found?

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It's not a Palorchestes ungual-see below for an example of one. These are rather quite rare and unguals/postcranial material would not be allowed to leave the country of Australia legally. You would need an export (or the person who sent them), and that sort of material just isn't allowed to be exported.

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