msantix Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Hi, This is supposedly a Sauropod claw from Talsint, Morocco measuring 14cm. It is in rough state so I am not confident if it is a real claw or if it just carved bone made to look like a claw. Any help is appreciated. Thank you!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phos_01 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Looks real to me, interesting piece. With some good love and care this could turn out really nice, if you can find a good fossil prepper curious to hear what others think. The matrix covering the claw looks like it's not that hard to remove. What species could it belong to Diplodocidae family, Apatosaurinae subfamily ? , there is very little information out there it seems 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 (edited) interesting, always good to get a rough and unprepared one. Looks real to me Edited September 22, 2022 by rocket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 The claw is real, looks nice and fairly complete. Needs prep and some minor resto. I've seen a number of dealers calling material from Talsint, Cenomanian in age from the Dekkar Fm which is part of the KK Group. I would like to see a publication that supports the claim. Seems further northeast than what Ibrahim published. The Anoual region can be late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carch_23 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Oh wow for some reason Ive never seen unprepped material from the Kem Kem, more so a nice sauropod claw. Considering how sometimes potentially nice Kem Kem material end up being bad prep jobs, is selling raw and uprepped material uncommon? I just thought that sometimes it actually may be best for the buyer to get their fossils prepped on their own/ bring it to a more experienced prepper to not risk it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Per Christian Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 I was curious about that one, thanks for posting it here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Hi, Links are broken ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msantix Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 7 hours ago, Per Christian said: I was curious about that one, thanks for posting it here. No worries . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 11 hours ago, Troodon said: The claw is real, looks nice and fairly complete. Needs prep and some minor resto. I've seen a number of dealers calling material from Talsint, Cenomanian in age from the Dekkar Fm which is part of the KK Group. I would like to see a publication that supports the claim. Seems further northeast than what Ibrahim published. The Anoual region can be late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous. new site, not many people dig there for the moment. I am sure a paper will come, some day... Interesting material there, not only Dino-Material... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phos_01 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 4 hours ago, msantix said: No worries . Its very rare though. First time in my fossil carrier that I see one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 1 hour ago, rocket said: new site, not many people dig there for the moment. I am sure a paper will come, some day... Interesting material there, not only Dino-Material... Yes but we should not be putting the cart before the horse. This is similar to sellers following one another and erroneously calling KK deposit material the Tegana Formation. Ibrahim et al 2020 comments that there are KK bed equivalents in the far north in the Anoual Syncline, Berriasian in age. So we do not know what we are dealing with yet and should avoid describing it to a formation until that paper is published. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Please remember, price is not part of this discussion. Thanks. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Interesting. Looks like a fairly easy prep would make that piece look purty good. Would love to see this all cleaned up RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Hi, Could you please put the photos back so they’re visible to everyone ? Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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