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Toe bone of dinosaur from Madagascar?

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Crazyhen Regular Member

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I saw this from an online store.  It was said to be a toe bone of a dinosaur from Madagascar.  It is pretty large, is it really a dinosaur toe bone?

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For as far as I can see this looks like a real bone (and a good looking one at that). It is indeed really large and the shape is quite odd but it might still be of a theropod. However I don't know enough about Madagascar fossils to be able to say which genus.

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2 hours ago, TyBoy said:

Age? Triassic to cenozoic found in Madagascar.  Formation and Locality?  Might help in ID.  

Not known.  The seller only knew that it’s from Madagascar.

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Looks more like a metatarsal than toe bone.   Very little is published on material from Madagascar so not sure you will get an ID especially without a provenance.  Could also fit an Archosaur like Razanandrongobe which is Jurassic 

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