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Are these ammonites, trilobites and fish authentic?


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Hello everyone. I'm a begginer with the fossils.

I bought some fossils and I want to know if the pieces are genuine. Also I want to know more info about the species and place where we can find them.

I hope you can help me, because I have 0 experience with the topic and I'm really interested to learn.

 

 

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The trilobite looks like Flexicalymene ouzregui form the upper Ordovician, about 450 million years old, of Morocco. The fish is a knightia from the split fish layer in the Green River Formation of Wyoming, about 50 million years old. I don't think I can help much with the others but I'm sure someone who knows will surely respond soon.

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Judging by the smooth flanks of the pygidium, Colpocoryphe grandis might be a better match for the trilobite.

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The fish looks like a real Knightia eocaena from the Green River Formation in Wyoming.

The first ammonite looks like a Cleoniceras sp. from Madagascar.

The second looks like a Perisphinctes sp.

 

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The last one is a Devonian goniatite from Morocco preserved in haematite, I think. 

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2 hours ago, hugomaggot said:

Hello everyone. I'm a begginer with the fossils.

I bought some fossils and I want to know if the pieces are genuine. Also I want to know more info about the species and place where we can find them.

I hope you can help me, because I have 0 experience with the topic and I'm really interested to learn.

 

 

IMG_20210816_153416.jpg

IMG_20210816_153353.thumb.jpg.48cf62b9c9b186de944444f903cfaf0d.jpg  IMG_20210816_153434.jpg

 

 

_20210811_234231.JPG

 

 

 

IMG_20210816_153452.jpg

IMG_20210816_153506.jpg

 

 

 

IMG_20210816_153531.jpg

IMG_20210816_153603.jpg

IMG_20210816_153630.jpg

 

 

 

IMG_20210816_153659.jpg

IMG_20210816_153709.jpg

 

 

IMG_20210816_154204.jpg  IMG_20210816_154144.jpg

Looks like all standard internet fare to me.

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