Is this claw athentic?

[Big Mac boi]

Hello I recently found this claw labeled as Rugops primus finger.

It also says it is a composite piece. 

I was wondering if the claw itself is authentic, without restoration. 

Location: listed as Kem Kem, near Taouz, Morocco.  

 

[Kane]

I would think "composite" implies restoration IMO. Any time a piece of a specimen is grafted with other parts that did not originally belong to the specimen, that would in my mind be a form of restoration.

[Troodon]

We will need better photos of both sides to determine if its real.  The phalanges look like Croc but are not dinosaurian.   That morphology of claw is common in the Kem Kem Group but to date it has not been assigned to anything.  Most likely dinosaurian but could be something else.  Rugops has yet to be formally described in the KKG and is only known from Niger although some publications regard it as an Abelisaurid in morocco.  The claw is certainly not from an Abelisaurid 

 

 

41 minutes ago, Kane said:

would think "composite" implies restoration IMO. Any time a piece of a specimen is grafted with other parts that did not originally belong to the specimen, that would in my mind be a form of restoration.

Yes but it also indicates the addition of non associated elements to complete the association of the digit.  In the example above the two phalanx are considered composited to the claw.

[Big Mac boi]

4 minutes ago, Troodon said:

We will need better photos of both sides to determine if its real.  The phalanges look like Croc but are not dinosaurian.   That morphology of claw is common in the Kem Kem Group but to date it has not been assigned to anything.  Most likely dinosaurian but could be something else.  Rugops has yet to be formally described in the KKG and is only known from Niger although some publications regard it as an Abelisaurid in morocco.  The claw is certainly not from an Abelisaurid 

 

 

Yes but it also indicates the addition of non associated elements to complete an association.  In the example above the two phalanx are considered composited to the claw.

Here you go 

 

[Troodon]

Photo is not adequate, its same image, has a glare on it, off color and need both sides.  Need HD images, closeups without the other bones otherwise I cannot make a call

[Big Mac boi]

@troodon oh these are the only two images the website has I'll try to see if I can get more

[Haravex]

Claw could be from a pterosaur?

[Troodon]

Definitely not a pterosaur, think its dinosaurian and a Dromaeosaurid type

[Top Trilo]

searched the photo and the website also says total length is 60mm

[Haravex]

just had a look now yeah far too robust for pterosaur