Big Bone from Ait Hani, Morocco. Theropod? or maybe Sauropod?

[msantix]

Hi,

 

This is a big bone from Ait Hani in Morocco (according to the seller), that is about 44cm in length. I don't know if it is hollow but I think this could be a limb bone from a Theropod or Sauropod. Want to ask as someone here might know better. It could be from something else but to me either a Theropod or Sauropod seems to be likely. Thanks!

 

Edited August 23, 2022 by msantix

[Troodon]

Looks like a limb bone lean more toward sauropod but not familiar with that locality, is it Jurassic?

 

Not sure what to say about this area.  The cavity above the white/grey fill does not look a match with the one below it.  Bone width also changes at the break.  Missing bone? Composite?

 

 

This clearly shows repairs and width changes on the opposite side.

 

[pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon]

Looks superficially very similar to a stegosaur long-bone I came across at the recent Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines fossil fair this June. Not saying that's what it is, as I lack experience in identifying dinosaur remains. But I think the bone would be too small for sauropod, so ornithischian dinosaur might be an alternative to theropod.

 

[Troodon]

53 minutes ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said:

Looks superficially very similar to a stegosaur long-bone I came across at the recent Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines fossil fair this June. Not saying that's what it is, as I lack experience in identifying dinosaur remains. But I think the bone would be too small for sauropod, so ornithischian dinosaur might be an alternative to theropod.

 

 

Could be if its a jurassic deposit.  I've got some pretty small sauropod bones so depends on age

[msantix]

51 minutes ago, Troodon said:

Looks like a limb bone lean more toward sauropod but not familiar with that locality, is it Jurassic?

 

Not sure what to say about this area.  The cavity above the white/grey fill does not look a match with the one below it.  Bone width also changes at the break.  Missing bone? Composite?

Thanks, yeah I believe it is Jurassic. The seller says the only repairs are glued repairs as the bones are usually found broken in that locality. Does it look like there are red flags as in maybe a composite bone?

 

 

50 minutes ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said:

Looks superficially very similar to a stegosaur long-bone I came across at the recent Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines fossil fair this June. Not saying that's what it is, as I lack experience in identifying dinosaur remains. But I think the bone would be too small for sauropod, so ornithischian dinosaur might be an alternative to theropod.

Thanks, I hadn't actually considered that possibility but it might be if it matches up more with an Ornithischian instead of a Sauropod or Theropod.

[Troodon]

6 minutes ago, msantix said:

Does it look like there are red flags as in maybe a composite bone?

 

Yes why I said what I did, its possible.  If you think its jurassic then Orthischian is a good possibility.  Why I asked.

[msantix]

Sorry to ask again but what about this vertebra? does it look theropod? it is also from Ait Hani in Morocco. looks like a bit of matrix still attached to the fossil.

 

[Scylla]

New bone, new topic. Unless the two bones are associated. 

[Troodon]

Looks a bit like my jurassic sauropod vertebra from Morocco