Alston Gee Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Is it a pliosaur skull or something else? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alston Gee Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 Any thoughts on this fossil? @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Do you have a location where it was found, Formation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alston Gee Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Troodon said: Do you have a location where it was found, Formation? Hi Troodon, The locality and formation the seller provided are: Turonian - Asfla - Goulmima - Morocco. Edited January 5, 2023 by Alston Gee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 I think I have seen that face before... http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/128505-is-this-a-partial-plesiosaur-skull-or-something-else/&tab=comments#comment-1391433 1 1 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alston Gee Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 21 minutes ago, Mahnmut said: I think I have seen that face before... http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/128505-is-this-a-partial-plesiosaur-skull-or-something-else/&tab=comments#comment-1391433 That’s exactly the same thing! Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alston Gee Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 Is it more likely to be a polycotylid skull or juvenile pliosaur skull? @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Alston Gee said: Is it more likely to be a polycotylid skull or juvenile pliosaur skull? @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Seeing as how narrow the rostrum is and how long the symphysis appears to be, I'd say polycotylid. 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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