Le Ouistiti Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Hello everyone, i saw these two fossils from the phosphate and i am not sure about the type of animal. the first one look like a limb bone (but no idea of the animal) and the secound one like a wing part (maybe from a pterosaur ?). I need confirmation and precision on the identification if someone have an idea. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Difficult to ID without any scale in the picture. Link to post Share on other sites
Le Ouistiti Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 The first limb bone is 26 centimeters. Link to post Share on other sites
Mahnmut Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Interesting, no idea other than "non marine". Best Regards, J Link to post Share on other sites
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 (edited) I think the rooted tooth on the first bone block gives it away in the sense that these appear, to me, to be the lower arm (first block) and leg (second block) bones of a dyrosaurid crocodile. Have a look at the below images for comparison: (source) That'd make the material of Ypresian, rather than Maastrichtian age. Edited May 16, 2022 by pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Link to post Share on other sites
Mahnmut Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Thanks Alexander, I stand corrected, its marine after all. Just to get even, its Dyrosaurid, not Dryosaurid . Which I learned, to be fair, from your source after staring in confusion at Dyosaurus pictures for some time. Cheers, J Link to post Share on other sites
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, Mahnmut said: Just to get even, its Dyrosaurid, not Dryosaurid Hahaha! Did I make a typo there then? Seems like I did! Will correct it for same of future readers Link to post Share on other sites
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