Scarletfemale Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 So...my daughter, budding paleontologist, purchased these via online as fossil tidbits and teeth. Have we been had? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scarletfemale Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 Further photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Sorry but I’m not seeing any bone or teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletfemale Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scarletfemale Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) 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. Edited March 31, 2020 by Scarletfemale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Scarletfemale said: So...my daughter, budding paleontologist, purchased these via online as fossil tidbits and teeth. Have we been had? 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. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Lord Trilobite - in your quoted bit, isn’t the top one a bit ungual looking? Scarletfemale - what wombat like creature are you referring? "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 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? Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Where were the items found? 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...
Scarletfemale Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 The wombat in question is called "palorchestes". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Unless these fossils were stated as coming from down under, anything from Palorchestes would not be likely as this was endemic to Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palorchestes Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 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. 1 "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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