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Some Messel Pit specimens: real or not?


Kim sung hyun

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Here are some messel fit specimens I recently got and saw. These are from German collector, old collection.

 

I guess that bird and fish(amia) specimens is real, but not sure about the others.

 

Is there anyone who can identify it?

 

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  • Fossildude19 changed the title to Some Messel Pit specimens: real or not?

e.g.:

mammals: Jens Franzen

birds:Gerald Mayr

Fish: Norbert Micklich

 

edit: whether they can be easily approached is another matter

Edited by doushantuo

 

 

 

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bird o.k., fish o.k.

Mammal not easy. We have the same..., so perhaps you have a copy or the original one

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about the mammal and the disarticulated skeleton, could you post a pic with light from the back?

When I have a close look on the skull I am a bit unsure if its a copy

you have blue-light? The tooth should normally shine yellow or blue

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when I look close to the skeleton I can see small holes in the feet and bones. This is normally an indicator that you have a copy

I add two messel-copies, sorry for the bad quality of the pics. I have to take new ones next days, this were done with something like a camera, bit ago :-(

When you look on the surface of the horse-plate and the bones of the squamate, you see bubbles like the ones you have

 

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