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Here's a 45 cm / 17.7 inch long bone from the Kem Kem of Morocco.

I don't know what animal this belonged to. Maybe a theropod or crocodilian?

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As I said before, my first thought was femur. But I dunno, it's a weird bone.
Perhaps some type of limb bone of a very large croc like Elosuchus. But I'm not sure it's limbs have been described.

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Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite

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Odd is very true.  Dont believe its theropod or sauropod most likely Crocodylian but little is described from the KK

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How symmetrical are the two ends?

Because that middle break point is looking very symmetrical.

Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite

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One end looks pretty symmetrical but it's incomplete. So might very well have been asymmetrical anyway. \/

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The other end of the bone is asymmetrical, one side seems to be slightly larger.

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I feel a bone like this, and importantly this size should be identifiable. When looking at a crocodile the size of elosuchus it might be a good idea to reference sarchosuchus. I don't suppose there is any chance it could be ornithischian?

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