Daze Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 (edited) This is being sold as a Spinosaur jaw piece from the Kem Beds, Morocco. I have my doubts and suspect it's either crocodile or Mosasaur, but would like your opinions. Unfortunately these are the only photos I got. @Troodon @LordTrilobite Size 4 inch (10 cm) Edited May 28, 2023 by Daze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Mot Spinosaurid and I suspected the teeth have been composited, could be Mosasaur. Definitely avoid. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Absolutely not spinosaur. Looks like mosasaur. 1 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Nasty. Run away,. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daze Posted May 28, 2023 Author Share Posted May 28, 2023 Thanks, I suspected that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 This is without a doubt a piece of mosasaur jaw from the phosphates, for which both preservation and matrix match. What's more, one of the teeth can readily be identified as belonging to Gavialimimus almaghribensis, with both teeth (and this particular one in any case) likely having been composited. Not what it's being sold as, and a piece you'd even want to stay away from even it were identified as mosasaur. 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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