Jeremy0114 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 This one is Nodosaur (Panoplosaurus) claw or not? I don’t make sure about that.Anyone can tell me about this claw? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Do you have a formation and locality where this is from? It is not a claw/ungual from any type of Nodosaurid. The specimen is full of matrix so its difficult to determine what else it may be. Needs to be cleaned and higher quality photos taken of all sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy0114 Posted October 22, 2022 Author Share Posted October 22, 2022 SPECIES Panoplosaurus sp. AGE Late Cretaceous LOCATION Pondera County, Montana FORMATION Two Medicine Formation The seller is famous seller in USA,he can provide certificate of authenticity about this one, but I am not sure this claw is real or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Thank you. He may be famous and provide a certificate of authenticity but does he know dinosaur material? Panoplosaurus is not described from the TMF only the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta. He may be thinking of Edmontonia which is a similar species in the TMF. Again the specimen needs to be cleaned up with new photos to try to determine what it is. Its difficult with the current photos and I would lean against it being one. There are multiple Ankylosaurids and Nodosaurids in the TMF and even if was a claw it would be very difficult to distinguish between these armored dinosaurs 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 39 minutes ago, Jeremy0114 said: The seller is famous seller in USA,he can provide certificate of authenticity about this one,but I am not sure this claw is real or not. Certificates of authenticity are meaningless. There is no international body that vets the authenticity of fossils as such. Authenticity can be determined by paleontologists, but they do not issue certificates; they provide their learned opinions about the specimen. Anyone with some software and a laser printer can produce a certificate, but there is no actual value that underpins it. 3 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Jeremy0114 said: The seller is famous seller in USA,he can provide certificate of authenticity about this one,but I am not sure this claw is real or not. We do not talk about the sellers here. Only the Fossils. Please remember this for the future. 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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