Dromaeosaurus from China?

[patrickhudson]

What do you guys think?  Full size dromaeosaurus from East Asia I think.  Seems too good to be sold

[Troodon]

Well it cannot be Dromaeosaurus that species is from North America.

What size is it?  Any provenance?

The skull looks odd and the teeth seem to big that jaw.   A replica or something fabricated?

Could be something like Sinornithosaurus.

 

 

[patrickhudson]

It says it’s from Alberta, dinosaur park formation, just imported from China in the 80’s. It says 1% restored, but that’s all.  

[Troodon]

Dont understand from Alberta,  DPF,  but imported from China?

Its a Chinese plate, what size?

[Troodon]

Here is a real Sinornithosaurus from the Yixian Fm

[patrickhudson]

It’s around 24x13x1

I'm assuming it was found in Alberta, then sold to someone in China and then imported back into the states in the 80’s.  But I’m unsure.  

[patrickhudson]

12 minutes ago, Troodon said:

Here is a real Sinornithosaurus from the Yixian Fm

That certainly looks like a more realistic preservation.  

[Troodon]

Well thats a huge red flag to think that was found in AB.   My guess is they are saying it found in the 80s pre-embargo China and now resides in AB.  Unfortunately these type of discoveries did not occur until the 90's in provinces like Liaoning.  This species was not described until 1999, more red flags...

[patrickhudson]

Thanks a bunch!!!  

[Phos_01]

We need better photos also. They have to much contrast and unsharp, probably have been reduced in size. you cannot see the details here

[LordTrilobite]

I've seen this piece online as well. Parts of it look like original real fossil parts. But much of the skull looks very suspect to me. Those teeth re gigantic for the size of the skull. I think this has been tampered with.