scragry Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Hi, I bought this fossil at a flea market but am having trouble identifying what it could. I believe it to be the brow horn of a triceratops but i'm not too sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 too curved to be a horn, but it could be part of the nose/beak. I see some pretty typical ceratopsian texture on some of the pix. But honestly I would like to see more texture on it to be sure it is ceratopsian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Do you have any clue of locality where its from to even consider that its Ceratopsian or Cretaceous. I agree with jpc the inside curve a bit to acute to be a brow horn they typically have a gradual taper. Can you provide aditional pictures of ends and outer curved side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scragry Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 10 hours ago, jpc said: too curved to be a horn, but it could be part of the nose/beak. I see some pretty typical ceratopsian texture on some of the pix. But honestly I would like to see more texture on it to be sure it is ceratopsian. here are some closer up pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scragry Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 4 hours ago, Troodon said: Do you have any clue of locality where its from to even consider that its Ceratopsian or Cretaceous. I agree with jpc the inside curve a bit to acute to be a brow horn they typically have a gradual taper. Can you provide aditional pictures of ends and outer curved side. here are some pictures of the ends and the outer curve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Hmmmmm....... puzzling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 The texture does look Ceratopsian but the shape of the end views is not consistent with what I would expect from brow horns. No idea what you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 46 minutes ago, Troodon said: The texture does look Ceratopsian but the shape of the end views is not consistent with what I would expect from brow horns. No idea what you have. My thoughts exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arion Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Reminds me of the nasal horn of "Monoclonius recurvicornis" Or perhaps a centrosaurine parietal process But without any information about where it's from (which understandably may not exactly be high priority at a flea market), it's hard to be confident in any positive identification. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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